X-Windows on Remote

[Les Mikesell]

Zoltan Szabo wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:25:49 -0500
> Mike Dwiggins <mike at azdwiggins.com> wrote:
> 
>> Admitting a lack of knowledge here, what is the best way to run an 
>> x-windows session on SSH from a remote location.
>>
>> I can not seem to get Putty to cooperate at all for X-Windows.
>>
>> Mike
> 
> What about X-forwarding? From commandline:
> "ssh -X username at hostname". 
> 

These days you generally have to use -Y instead of -X although the 
documentation is fairly obscure about the difference.

   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com