Sshd Configure X Forwarding: Difference between revisions
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ssh -X user@host | ssh -X user@host | ||
This will set the DISPLAY variable appropriately and ssh will transparently forward X protocol requests back to the X server running on the host connection was initiated from. Note that an X server has to run and be configured to accept connections. How to do this on Mac is described here: {{Internal|X Applications on Mac|X Applications on Mac}} | This will set the DISPLAY variable appropriately and ssh will transparently forward X protocol requests back to the X server running on the host connection was initiated from. Note that an X server has to run and be configured to accept connections. How to do this on Mac is described here: {{Internal|X Applications on Mac|X Applications on Mac}} | ||
Revision as of 00:43, 12 July 2017
Internal
Overview
Server Configuration
Set
X11Forwarding yes
in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and restart the sshd server.
Client
Connect with:
ssh -X user@host
This will set the DISPLAY variable appropriately and ssh will transparently forward X protocol requests back to the X server running on the host connection was initiated from. Note that an X server has to run and be configured to accept connections. How to do this on Mac is described here: