Re: [Sheflug] ssh x-server setup

[David Holden <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxx>]

You can also make this default with

ForwardX11 yes

on the ssh_config file.

dave.


Craig Andrews wrote:
> On Friday 04 October 2002 12:01 pm, Etienne Prinsloo wrote:
> 
>>How does one set the ssh connection up so that one can remotely open up
>>applications (like Emacs)?
>>I know it is something to do with the xhost, xserver, set environment...
>>Both computers run Suse8.0 and currently I am able to access the
>>'server' with ssh,scp etc.
> 
> 
> If you are starting SSH from within the X server you own, just adding the 
> parameter -X will tunnel the X server through the connection. Sometimes it is 
> helpful to add the -C (compress) parameter.
> 
> So,
> 
> ssh -X -C mymachine emacs
> 
> will run the X version of Emacs on mymachine on my current display. On a side 
> note, the display shows up as localhost:10.0 on the remote machine.
> 

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