Re: Problem opening X11 display via network connection
Re: Problem opening X11 display via network connection
- Subject: Re: Problem opening X11 display via network connection
- From: Brandon Allbery <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:56:56 -0500
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:46 PM,
<email@hidden> wrote:
I start by issuing the $ssh -XY command that sets up the connection to the remote host. Then on that remote host, I issue the "$/usr/X11/bin/xeyes -display <host>:1.1" command. (Which I thought rode back in the established tunnel.)
Nope; by specifying -display you are overriding the tunnel and trying to connect directly. (This is not OS X specific.) The only way to intercept that would be some kind of transparent proxy config in the firewall.
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brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates
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