>>> On 6/7/2013 at 01:04 PM, Mark Pace <pacemainl...@gmail.com> wrote: > In this case the export DISPLAY IP is my desktop running the X server. It > appears to me that xauth is not compiled. So I get a message about xauth, > but I do get the X window, so it is working.
Well, what is working is _not_ tunneling X over SSH. You're sending X traffic back to your desktop over an entirely different port, with no encryption. If anyone decides to close off traffic on ports 6000+ you're going to be out of luck. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
