Les Bell wrote: > Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > > What's a 'trusted' forwarding mean as opposed to any other kind? > << > > A trusted X11 client will bypass the security controls specified in the X11 > Security Extension Specification (see > http://refspecs.freestandards.org/X11/security.pdf). In general, you don't > want to enable this unless you have to. Notice that "trusted forwarding" > trusts the users to all be good guys. Is there a way to describe it in more than 2 words but less than 18 pages? The main point seems to be that almost nothing works if your forwarding isn't trusted. But shouldn't being able to log in via ssh mean that you are trusted? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com