Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 18:06:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Simon Timms <timms@ugrad.cs.ualberta.ca> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x-forwarding problem - no window contents Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0406041805390.3569@csu502.cs.ualberta.ca> In-Reply-To: <20040604150255.GA48014@xor.obsecurity.org> 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>
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On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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 home > > 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. You were right a -Y did it. I'm sure i've done this with just -X before. Oh well. Thanks a bunch.
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