How to Use X11 Forwarding on Windows or Linux

X11 forwarding can be used to access a graphical application on a remote Linux system. This can be done from a Linux client, or with a Windows client by using Putty and Xming.

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00:00 Linux Server Setup
01:22 Linux Client Setup
02:31 Windows Client Setup

[sebastianzander]

I don't really want to use Putty. Can it be done using the ssh client with some additional parameters? Does anyone know what Putty does internally?
EDIT: I found "ssh <host> -Y" to work under Windows, but only if the remote machine supports "trusted X11 forwarding". This also requires to manually set the DISPLAY environment variable before calling ssh, however.

[matendere-ippd]

Wow!! This is one of the few straight forward and clear tutorial I have ever gone through on YouTube. Thanks.

[nothingtosee]

thank u so much for explaining everything so clearly, my brain was hurting trying to understand what was happening between the client and server.

[themodernshoe]

Tried using gnome-terminal and gedit, they both give me this warning "Gtk-WARNING **: ...: cannot open display"

[mosesdaudu]

Please what is the password. While setting up my ubuntu Virtual machine. I did not set up any password. But whille setting up Putty, it is asking me for the password to the IP. What could the password be?

[prakhars]

IS the opposite also possible. Say host is Linux and remote is Windows. Can we do X11 forward from Windows to LInux host?

[ByrneGrant]

Wow, the timing of this video is quite helpful to me. I'm a bit concerned that the last time the packages were updated on sourceforge was 5 years ago.

[Kolefield]

Does this work over WSL2 rather than using PuTTY?

[bhargavpns]

Hey. I have connected through PuTTY. But when I open a software it says " Xlib: extension" MIT - SHM" missing on display "localhost:10.0" . Can anyone help me out with this. Thanks in advance

[timramich]

How the hell can I get stuff from my Ubuntu server to show up on my Windows machine using Windows's built-in SSH client???? I'm pulling out what's left of my hair trying to get this to work and I can't find any answers ANYWHERE.

[moviesynopsis]

You look more like a ufc fighter then a hacker

[nilamonidaloi]

Windows now natively support SSH through "OpenSSH Client", could you show us how to enable X forwarding with OpenSSH and not putty.

[bex]

no joke exactly what i needed for a ctf 😂 great video as always 👍🏻

[dafoex]

With the current push to kill X11, is this doable on Wayland? I can see this being useful in a enterprise environment, but Redhat (the big Linux group targeting enterprise environments) has deprecated X11 in their distribution

[MohitGupta-ivuc]

Do we need gui to be installed on ubuntu server in order to see the graphical form of application on windows using x11?

What if don't have gui on ubuntu server

[timgoppelsroeder]

gedit isnt recognized even though i installed it and added it to the path variables in windows what am i doing wrong. Also all these tutorials just seemingly open gedit like it was

[raulalejandrofajardomunoz]

I just want to install molden, but there´s a error of this package X11

[likeawindj]

Thank you for sharing,
I have a question: How can i open an application ON windows server remotely (ie : chrome) using command? I try OpenSSH but chrome run only on under process (no GUI like when click). Wait your help!

[andrealorenzetti]

hi, when i try to run wireshark on my virtual machine i get this error: ~$ qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found. This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb.
have you any idea on how to solve this ?

[sebastiansanchez]

thank you so much this is the best video on x11forwarding