>/
/>/ Jerry Geis wrote:
/>/ >/ I can ssh into a remote machine.
/>/ />/ I can start X on that machine with startx
/>/ />/
/>/ />/ How do I then start firefox on that machine (from the ssh prompt) and
/>/ />/ have it display on my machine in my office.
/>/ />/
/>/ />/ So I want to be using firefox on the remote machine but displaying the
/>/ />/ screen output from firefox in my office.
/>/ />/ Both boxes are running centos 5.
/>/ /
/>/ don't startx on the REMOTE machine, have it running on the LOCAL machine.
/>/
/>/ local$ ssh -X remote
/>/ ...authenticate...
/>/ remote$ firefox /
/&
/>/
/>/ and firefox should open on the local...
/
I tried the above (without the &) and firefox just returns.

I looked at /etc/ssh/sshd_config and X11Forwarding is yes.

ssh -X remoteIP firefox

It just took a really long time through the internet...

Thanks,

Jerry
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