RE: X displays over ssh connections

["Pieckiel, Kevin A" <pieckiel_ka vdot state va us>]

Blech, read this too late.  I just posted another email seconds ago
asking just what you answered here.  Thanks!  I appreciate the info.
This is very helpful to me.

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Borho [mailto:steve borho myip org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:42 AM
To: redhat-list redhat com
Subject: Re: X displays over ssh connections

Here's how it normally works:  When you connect to another machine using
ssh, it sets the DISPLAY environment variable to point to a "virtual" X
server which the remote host's sshd sets up for you.  When you run X
apps
on this remote host, they connect to this virtual server and run
normally.
sshd takes all this X traffic and encrypts/compresses it then sends it
to
your local machine and routes it to your local X server.  It all works
pretty transparently.  Here's a sample session: