Re: X11 Forwarding using Leopard
Re: X11 Forwarding using Leopard
- Subject: Re: X11 Forwarding using Leopard
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:18:59 -0500
On Jan 21, 2008 11:30 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden> wrote:
> Because ssh doesn't use libX11. It doesn't need to know about the
> intricacies of X just to forward packets to another socket. It just
> needs to know where the socket is.
Fair enough. It just seemed like poor encapsulation for it to be
parsing $DISPLAY on its own. On the other hand, the X API probably
doesn't provide a way to get access to the raw socket, so rock, meet
hard place.
Thanks for the explanation.
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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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