Hi, On Mon, 21 May 2007 17:22:39 +0000 (UTC) Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > However, the usual way to use remote X-based programs is just to let > > SSH do that. It can provide a tunnel for X. This is especially easy > > if the remote SSH server daemon has set its "X11Forwarding" > > configuration setting set to "yes" (otherwise, it is really a bit > > harder and not suggested). Then, you just would connect using "ssh > > -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]" and that's it, SSH will care for creating a socket on > > the remote machine and set the DISPLAY variable accordingly. > > NB: I've found that using -Y instead of -X can speed up some > applications by a factor of 50 or more. well, I don't doubt you did experience it, but it sounds quite unlikely (or like a bug). To be a bit picky: How did you measure that factor? But you're right: In fact, some applications will probably work better in "trusted" mode (see "ForwardX11" in ssh_config(5)). However, usually applications are not supposed to behave in a way where -Y (i.e. trusting all and everything) has improvements... More to the OP: In any way, be sure to learn about the security problems that are related to forwarding X connections. -hwh -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
