Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:51:36 +0100 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Users <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What to use to get remote display from a amd64 machine? Message-ID: <20050606225135.GG9647@eris.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <20050606222609.C6CF35D08@ptavv.es.net> References: <20050606222041.GF9647@eris.tenfour> <20050606222609.C6CF35D08@ptavv.es.net>
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* Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> [0626 23:26]: > > Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:20:41 +0100 > > From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> > > > > * Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> [0616 23:16]: > > > > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:11:14 +0200 > > > > From: Claus Guttesen <kometen@gmail.com> > > > > 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
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