help, why I cannot use graphical interface of remote workstation?

Yang Xiao yxiao2004 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 12 22:28:37 UTC 2004


On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:36:21 -0600, Mike Klinke <lsomike at futzin.com> wrote:
> On Friday 12 November 2004 09:39, Yang Xiao wrote:
> 
> >
> > you need to enable X forwarding in sshd.conf, and on the client
> > side, use ssh -X -l username host
> 
> Things have changed a little; from the FC3 release notes....
> 
> In addition, OpenSSH is no longer configured to request X11
> forwarding by default when connecting to servers. To enable X11
> forwarding, the -X or -Y option must be specified, or the
> ForwardX11 option must be enabled in the ~/.ssh/config file.
> 
> The behavior of ssh clients that are invoked with the -X flag has
> changed. In OpenSSH 3.8 and later, X11 forwarding is performed in a
> way that applications run as untrusted clients by default.
> Previously, X11 forwarding was performed so that applications
> always ran as trusted clients. Some applications may not function
> properly when run as untrusted clients. To forward X11 so that
> applications are run as trusted clients, invoke ssh with the -Y
> flag instead of the -X flag, or set ForwardX11Trusted in the
> ~/.ssh/config file.
> 
> Regards, Mike Klinke
Wow, quite a change that is, thanks for letting us know!

Yang




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