I have displayed X11 windows from apps running on a Linux box on my Mac's X11 
server, so I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. I had to allow the 
remote host to connect using the xhost command, as I recall.
-- Mark

On Apr 13, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Nathan Sims wrote:

> On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Arno Hautala wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 15:03, Nathan Sims
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Is it possible to set up a Mac (OSX 10.6.7) to allow a Windows machine 
>>> running cygwin to display an X11 window on it over a LAN? I don't see 
>>> anything in System Preferences > Sharing concerning X11.
>> 
>> I haven't tried this, so I'm not sure if there are any issues specific
>> to Cygwin, but all you should need to do is connect to the Mac with
>> "ssh -X".
>> 
>> You'll probably have to first enable X11 Forwarding by editing
>> /etc/sshd_config on the Mac: "X11Forwarding yes".
>> 
>> And turn on Remote Login under System Preferences > Sharing so that
>> you can log in through SSH.
> 
> Thanks, Arno, I will try this.
> - Nate
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