[CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox

Max Hetrick btmanmeh at verizon.net
Fri Dec 7 02:21:28 UTC 2007


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Jerry Geis wrote:

> 
> So I want to be using firefox on the remote machine but displaying the
> screen output from firefox in my office.
> Both boxes are running centos 5.
> 
> how is that done?


First, man ssh, so you can read the ssh manual. Second, make sure on the
remote host that this line is in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

X11Forwarding yes

Then run ssh while forwarding X

[you at office ~]$ ssh -X user at host
[you at remote ~]$ /usr/bin/firefox

Regards,
Max

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