[CentOS] X11 forwarding

Sean O'Connell oconnell at soe.ucsd.edu
Wed Sep 14 18:02:15 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 12:55 -0500, Todd Reed wrote:
> I need to enable forward the xWindows through my SSH session, but I’m
> having trouble.  I’m using Putty and I’ve configured it to allow
> enable x11 forwarding through the ssh tunnel.  I’ve also edited
> the /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set X11Forwarding yes.  After doing this,
> it’s not working.  I’m sure there’s quite a bit not doing.  Could
> anybody offer any guidance?  This is my first attempt to do this.

Todd-

What errors are you getting when try to launch an X application? Are you
running an X server on your windows machine?

Have you restarted sshd since changing sshd_config?

-- 
Sean




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