Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:07:11 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Simon Timms <timms@ugrad.cs.ualberta.ca> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: x-forwarding problem - no window contents Message-ID: <20040605020710.GA91055@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0406041805390.3569@csu502.cs.ualberta.ca> References: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0406040753140.956@csu502.cs.ualberta.ca> <Pine.LNX.4.56.0406040851560.956@csu502.cs.ualberta.ca> <20040604150255.GA48014@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.LNX.4.56.0406041805390.3569@csu502.cs.ualberta.ca>
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--Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 06:06:24PM -0600, Simon Timms wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Kris Kennaway wrote: >=20 > > On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 08:59:31AM -0600, Simon Timms wrote: > > > > > Oooh, you know I think I'm just doing 'ssh' and expecting it to work = or > > > give me a huge obvious error. I have enabled ForwardX11 in > > > /etc/ssh/ssh_conf on the desktop. You're probably right that it is a > > > question of '-X' or '-Y'. I shall have to try this out when I get ho= me > > > tonight. What is the difference between trusted and untrusted X11 > > > forwarding? > > > > Untrusted is safer when you don't trust the security of the machine > > you're connecting to, but it doesn't work for a lot of X applications. >=20 > You were right a -Y did it. I'm sure i've done this with just -X before. > Oh well. Thanks a bunch. Yeah, ssh only sprouted a -Y recently. Kris --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAwSrOWry0BWjoQKURAjzMAJ4rVX6RyotXGP5gCLDrUqyUJTrLhQCfcViP eIfi4EnF+9AKW3DouP6xStA= =iUbc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v--
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