I agree with the other posts that ssh as root is frowned on, and that you should be careful with X11 forwarding. However, I think everyone missed the real problem you are having with that command - it's not quite right. (It's been a while since I've done this and I'm doing it from memory, so please forgive me if I'm wrong).
The command should be in the following format: ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] /path/to/XApp/on/remote/computer So, if I wanted to run KDE's Control Center on a remote box, I would do something like: ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/kde/3.4/bin/kcontrol And if I a) have both computers running X windows, and b) have not forcibly disabled X11 forwarding, and c) authenticate properly, then a kcontrol window would open on the local computer, but would be affecting the remote computer (and running as the user I authenticated as). I'm pretty sure that when I played with this last, my SSH configs had said X11Forwarding=No, but it worked anyways. I think this requires a different setting to block it outright (not allow an override at the command prompt), or is a fluke of the network config I had at the time.... Hope this helps. Shawn On Monday 21 November 2005 13:05, Kin C Wong wrote: > Just discovered ssh last week. It is really cool. As I am not that > comfortable using command line, I would like to run KDE. I was told > that you could use the following command to do that: > > ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It doesn't seem to do anything for me. I have tried man, help and > googling but to no avail. Any suggestions as to where to look would be > appreciated.
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