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* client: set default-on in /etc/ssh/ssh_config (in place of ssh -Y) | * client: set default-on in /etc/ssh/ssh_config (in place of ssh -Y) | ||
* client: make sure you have an X server environment - on windows, use [[x2go]] | * client: make sure you have an X server environment - on windows, use [[x2go]] | ||
* if you need to become root after you have ssh'ed (for example to run wireshark), do this magic to patch in x authorization, oh yeah! | |||
sudo su - | |||
[root ~]# touch .Xauthority | |||
[root ~]# xauth add $(xauth -f ~ec2-user/.Xauthority list|tail -1) | |||
Revision as of 21:21, 31 August 2017
Enable X11 forwarding
- server: install xauth
- server: enable in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
- server: make sure you have an X environment installed (install of any X app will pull it in)
- client: set default-on in /etc/ssh/ssh_config (in place of ssh -Y)
- client: make sure you have an X server environment - on windows, use x2go
- if you need to become root after you have ssh'ed (for example to run wireshark), do this magic to patch in x authorization, oh yeah!
sudo su - [root ~]# touch .Xauthority [root ~]# xauth add $(xauth -f ~ec2-user/.Xauthority list|tail -1)