# ssh -Y <username>@<hostname> "<username>@" is optional. Without it, ssh will use the username you are using on the client. "<hostname>" is either an IP address or, if you have a hosts file or DNS server configured, the hostname.
The "-Y" sorts out the forwarding for X applications. -- Joost On December 4, 2018 5:26:09 AM UTC, Thomas Mueller <mueller6...@twc.com> wrote: >> On 2018-12-03, Thomas Mueller <mueller6...@twc.com> wrote: > >> > I see also the suggestion > >> > $ ssh -Y <server> > >> > but what would be the syntax for specifying <server> where <server> >> > is a different computer on the same local network? > >> Does it have an IP address? > >> Grant Edwards > >I see where I missed changing the Subject from an old message: >embarrassing on me. > >Being on the same local network, the other machine would have an >intranet IP address of 192.168.0.x, where x would be a number >= 2. > >I have mounted file systems by NFS but have never accessed an X server >by ssh. I don't think I ever used ssh command directly. > >Tom -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
