Re: [PLUG] X forwarding via ssh

[Jim Foster <jif@computer.org>]

At 02:41 PM 4/16/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> [Jim, if you must reply to an existing thread when you go to start a
> new one, do those of us using a threaded MUA the favor of changing the
> subject and removing the In-Reply-To: header, please.]

Good point, sorry 'bout that.

> On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 02:09:16PM -0400, Jim Foster wrote:
> > Time for another newbie question, how do I forward X via ssh?   This is on
> > RH v7.2.  Thanks.
>
> The question's a bit unclear... is your client running on RH 7.2 or
> the server? Or both?

I have a home machine running RH 7.2 that I'd like to access from my laptop 
at work running Win2K.  On the laptop I run Putty for ssh and Cygwin for 
X.  I can log into the shell from work via putty.  Cygwin works on my home 
LAN for a graphical login to the Linux machine.


> Presuming the last option, do:
>
>   ssh -f -X <host> xterm

Do you know how to do this with putty?



> If you want to have X forwarding on all the time with a given host,
> you can set that in your ~/.ssh/config file as so:
>
> Host <host>:
>         ForwardX11 yes
>
> Note that you *can* use a wild-card, *, in place of <host>, but
> this is strongly discouraged as you should only forward access to
> your local X server to trusted hosts, and you should explicitly
> state your trust of the host on general principle. Giving a remote
> host access to your local X console is effectively giving them root
> access to your machine, based on how poorly-design i386 memory
> management is.

Actually, my /etc/ssh/ssh_config has:
Host *
        ForwardX11 yes


> Note also that the sshd on the server will need to have:
>
> X11Forwarding yes
>
> set in its sshd_config in order for you to be able to do this.

I've got that set.


> --
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
Thanks for your help!

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