[CentOS] remote ssh to machine how display firefox

Fri Dec 7 02:19:45 UTC 2007
Clint Dilks <clintd at scms.waikato.ac.nz>


Jerry Geis wrote:
> I can ssh into a remote machine.
> I can start X on that machine with startx
>
> How do I then start firefox on that machine (from the ssh prompt) and
> have it display on my machine in my office.
>
> 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?
>
>
> Jerry
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Hi you dont need to start X on the remote system at all

ssh -X <machine to connect to> firefox