ssh -x

[Holger Krull]

Marco Meoni schrieb:
> hi, I'm new with cygwin.
> I've mainly installed it to connect to a linux server running GUI applications.
> In fact, I've read that with X11 forwarding (ssh -X) I can run remote
> applications and display the GUI on my pc running cygwin.
> 
> Unfortunately I get errors like "can't open display". Does anybody know what do
> I have to setup before? (i guess start X11 server on my local pc)

Your guess is right.
You have to start a local X11 server (startx). And set DISPLAY before you start ssh. Also remember that some applications need ssh -Y.


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