Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 15:26:09 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Users <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What to use to get remote display from a amd64 machine? Message-ID: <20050606222609.C6CF35D08@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Jun 2005 23:20:41 BST." <20050606222041.GF9647@eris.tenfour>
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> 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. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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