[NCLUG] X, xhost, xauth, stuff like that...

J. Paul Reed preed at sigkill.com
Fri Sep 14 11:23:47 MDT 2001


On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Matt Taggart wrote:

> It also happens to be the easiest way to do things as everything "just
> works". Your DISPLAY variable automatically gets setup properly and you
> don't have to run xhost/xauth each time.

It also has the effect of encrypting all of your X traffic, which is a good
thing if you care.

Another option you might think of using when shuttling X traffic through
ssh is -C, which turns compression on.

Later,
Paul
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