On January 18, 2026, Kent Borg wrote: >- "-A" >Man page says "forwarding of connections from an authentication agent", >sounds straightforward > >- "-Y" >Man page says "Enables trusted X11 forwarding.", and now I am confused >and think I don't understand "-A".
Quick explanation: SSH agent forwarding and X11 forwarding are just different things. :-) Agent forwarding is about SSH agents. It transparently allows a single agent (a key store) on one machine to handle SSH authentication requests from another machine as if the agent were local to the second machine. X11 forwarding is about X. It allows X windows on the SSH server to open on the SSH client's display machine. Dan _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
