Remote X display access

Alex mysqlstudent at gmail.com
Sun Jan 2 18:53:39 UTC 2011


Hi,

>> What is the best way to securely permit a remote X application to
>> display on as local system?
...

> Here's what I do:
> local machine: ssh -YC username at remotemachine.com

I tried "ssh -X user at host" and that appeared to work fine. What is the
difference between these two commands? Will I be able to perform all
functions remotely using my method, or is the -Y preferred?

Thanks for everyone's help. xhost with X11R5 is what I recalled using :-)

Thanks,
Alex


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