[buug] runing X remotely on an XP system

johnd john at jjdev.com
Fri Dec 12 10:42:40 PST 2003


if you install cygwin and select X and use ssh make sure you have your sshd
config option set to X11Forwarding yes

and when you ssh over there use the -X flag or make sure your ssh client
config file is set to do it


On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 08:58:43AM -0700, Tony wrote:
> I have a small network at home.  I can connect to my freeBSD system fine through SSH or telnet.  however I cannot run any of my X apps remotely from my XP system.  Is there a way to do this?
> 

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