SSH with X

Just successfully started FCITX and typed Chinese in OpenOffice remotely..

X11 forwarding should be first enabled both at the server and client ends.

At the server end, put “X11Forwarding yes” in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, restart SSH daemon and it should be able to forward X11 requests.

At the client end, connect with “ssh -X ” or “ssh -Y ” (if ssh -X fails..). Alternatively, SSH client can be configured to turn on X11 forwarding automatically. Put in /etc/ssh/ssh_config the following lines:

Host *
  ForwardX11 yes
  ForwardX11Trusted yes

The last line is not needed if “ssh -X” works. In some circumstances only “ssh -Y” does, then ForwardX11Trusted is necessary.

ps1. If network is slow, “-C” (compress) may help.
ps2. X must be running with “-nolisten” argument, which (I guess) is the default in most distributions.

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Tags: network, SSH, X11