Display redirection problem

[Alexander Apprich]

Rob Kirkbride wrote:
> Alexander Apprich wrote on 22/11/2004 11:32:
> 
>> from man ssh
>>
>> -Y      Enables trusted X11 forwarding.
>>
> I must admit I found this myself but I didn't go as far as working out 
> what it actually does. Anyone know?
> 

The sshd_config manpage describes it (a little)

[snip]
X11UseLocalhost
    Specifies whether sshd should bind the X11 forwarding server to the
    loopback address or to the wildcard address.  By default, sshd binds
    the forwarding server to the loopback address and sets the hostname
    part of the DISPLAY environment variable to "localhost".  This
    prevents remote hosts from connecting to the proxy display.  However,
    some older X11 clients may not function with this configuration.
    X11UseLocalhost may be set to "no" to specify that the forwarding
    server should be bound to the wildcard address.  The argument must be
    "yes" or "no". The default is "yes".
[snip]

Hth

Alex