X11 forward in F12

Suvayu Ali fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com
Tue May 11 21:43:22 UTC 2010


On Monday 10 May 2010 05:58 PM, Marcus D. Leech wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 10 May 2010 20:34:18 -0400
>> "Marcus D. Leech"<mleech at ripnet.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> You want to:
>>
>> - make sure the 'xauth' package is installed on the machine you are
>>    connecting to.
>>
>> - Use 'ssh -X' (NOTE: cap X, not x). lower case x disables ssh
>>    forwarding. ;)
>>
>> kevin
>>
> Yup, I was mistaking -x and -X     A round of virtual beer to everyone.
>   Mea Culpa.
>
>

May I suggest using -Y instead of -X. Its supposed to be more secure.

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