From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 6 22:51:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAA4C16A41F for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:51:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rasputnik@hellooperator.net) Received: from mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD90D43D58 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:51:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rasputnik@hellooperator.net) Received: from aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20050606225139.JWLE6773.mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com>; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:51:39 +0100 Received: from 9.hellooperator.net ([82.31.79.168]) by aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20050606225139.RCMA15401.aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@9.hellooperator.net>; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:51:39 +0100 Received: from [10.4.0.5] (helo=eris.tenfour) by 9.hellooperator.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DfQRU-0005mB-7i; Mon, 06 Jun 2005 23:51:37 +0100 Received: from rasputnik by eris.tenfour with local (Exim 4.51 (FreeBSD)) id 1DfQRU-000FWO-2l; Mon, 06 Jun 2005 23:51:36 +0100 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:51:36 +0100 From: Dick Davies To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20050606225135.GG9647@eris.tenfour> References: <20050606222041.GF9647@eris.tenfour> <20050606222609.C6CF35D08@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050606222609.C6CF35D08@ptavv.es.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: FreeBSD Stable Users Subject: Re: What to use to get remote display from a amd64 machine? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dick Davies List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 22:51:41 -0000 * Kevin Oberman [0626 23:26]: > > Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:20:41 +0100 > > From: Dick Davies > > > > * Kevin Oberman [0616 23:16]: > > > > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:11:14 +0200 > > > > From: Claus Guttesen > > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > > > > > > > > What are people using for remote X displays on amd64 machines? > > > > > > > > What about 'ssh -X remote-machine'? > > > > > > 'ssh -Y remote-machine' is more likely to be useful on more recent > > > versions of ssh. > > > > Not if you're sshing into a multi-user machine, unless I've misunderstood > > what '-Y' does. > > You understand fairly correctly. If the remote system is multi-user and > all users are not trusted (by you, personally and by others if it is > work related), -X should be used. The problem is that most X > apps won't run with -X. :-( Even a simple xclock would not work for me. I've had success scping ~/.Xauthority over from the xserver/ssh-client end to the xclient/ssh-server end. But again, I only just found out about -Y so may well be getting the wrong end of the stick here... -- 'That question was less stupid; though you asked it in a profoundly stupid way.' -- Prof. Farnsworth Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns