SSH X11 Forwarding - Run GUI Apps Remotely - Linux CLI

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Name : openssh
Version : 6.4p1-1
Description : Free version of the SSH connectivity tools
Architecture : x86_64
Licenses : custom:BSD

Name : xorg-xauth
Version : 1.0.8-1
Description : X.Org authorization settings program
Architecture : x86_64
Licenses : custom

-X Enables X11 forwarding. This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file.

X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the user's X
authorization database) can access the local X11 display through the forwarded connection. An attacker may then be able to perform
activities such as keystroke monitoring.

-Y Enables trusted X11 forwarding. Trusted X11 forwardings are not subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension controls.

[osamaa.h.altameemi]

Man your commenting style is savage... you really give the impression of "trust me you can do this sh*t here then click there and all is done".

[projectlog]

Thanks so much! I really needed an explanation for X11 Forwarding, so thanks! =D

[keithterrill]

I have tried, and tried to set up a server and access it with a gui interface from a client on my local internet. This is the first how-to that worked for me. Thank-you, thank-you.

[emmadoyle]

Lol. This is great. You're so carefree, but not being so "serious" is more helpful.

[MrNicfeller]

Thanks! I was looking for a video that would explain this all evening =D

[prcious]

Thanks a lot dude, finally no slowdowns while using x11 forwarding

[BurhanDanger]

Very much helpful, all other x forwarding includes windows and putty use.

[mikepence]

Thank you!
I learned something that I wanted to know by accident watching this video. I've been using putty to SSH access my other Linux computers. Now I don't have to use putty, I can just do it from my command line.

[FredSaunier]

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing -c blowfish-cbc, arcfour, it does make a difference in terms of speed :)
I'm not using xauth however, and I launch my remote app with local display like this (this implies I know the name of the app, here's an example for thunar and firefox):

I find launching FF like this particularly useful to connect to a remote 192.168.1.1 modem or other LAN-attached peripherals from a remote location.

[Revanth_Kamaraj]

Nice video, works perfectly. I have Kali Linux installed on my note 2 and am able to ssh X applications over to my Ubuntu laptop.

[JoshuaBlais]

This was the help I needed! Thank you!

[yadirosadi]

2 ciphers(blowfish-cbc & arcfour) have been disabled in the 6.7p1-1 release of openssh

[slycordinator]

By the way, if you have changes to a file in nano and just hit ctrl+x, it'll ask you if you want to save the changes.

[keeler]

So if i have a windows laptop and im somewhere else. I want to run a program that is not in my laptop but on my ssh server at home with linux. With windows laptop am i able to run a program from my ssh server running with linux to my windows laptop?

[beatabalazovicova]

after running GUI app no graphical output on my PC instead then there is alert Running on a compositor with no screens is not supported

[Tox]

Good video. The problem with X over SSH is that if the connection broke you will lose all your unsaved work. I am working to be able to have something similar to windows RDP on linux. So if connection broke I'll be able to reconnect and keep working. Right now I understood that xrdp is pretty bad. I want a full desktop enviroment started. I want be able to reconnect to it and also be able to change resolution while running. Right now the two best option are "x2go" and "spice".
I am not able to make work spice as it should, and I have problem with x2go when I have to run program with a different user than the one I use to connect to the session. If you want talk about and maybe make a video about those you can contact me.

Stefano

[mostafaelmadany]

did you install xauth or it is installed by default, because they said that xauth must be installed as

[ashgupta]

Whenever I tried X11 forwarding in the past, it would work but I would get strange errors on the command line in the background. I noticed you were getting them too. Is this anything to be concerned about? Is there any way to get rid of them? Thanks.

[briannielsen]

Which program allows you to use VIM on commandline??? :O

[KDGNOR]

most the ssh host have DE+WM? or does it work with CLI-OS ?