ssh tunneling for a newbie :)

[Julien Cristau]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:47:15 -0700, Mark Wagner wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:47, Markus Strobl <mstrobl2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>
> >> try
> >> 1)ssh -Y  instead of -X
> >> 2)make sure server is allowing to forward X connections  (sshd_config)
> >> it is often disabled by paranoid  sysadmins...
> >
> > 3: Allow the connection on the client side. Easiest way is "xhost +" which
> > allows any server to display on your client. Optionally you can restrict what
> > servers are allowed (see man xhost).
> 
> 4) Make sure the X server is configured to accept network connections.
>  Some distros start X with the "-nolisten tcp" option, which disables
> TCP networking.
> 
That's not needed for ssh tunneling.  Don't do it.

Cheers,
Julien