ssh -x

[Scott Fordin]

Holger Krull wrote:
> 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.

You also may need to use xhost to add the remote machine to
the access control list on your local machine; for example,
in your Cygwin shell:

    /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost +<linux_machine_name>

Some applications also don't seem to work with ssh -X or
ssh -Y. For those apps, you may need to explicitly export
the remote machine display to your local machine; for
example, from your Linux box:

    export DISPLAY=<cygwin_machine_name>:0.0

Scott

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