ssh and X forwarding

[Marcus Brubaker]

James Knott wrote:

> Madison Kelly wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>   It would seem one of the updates in the last while (maybe long 
>> while) has disabled X forwarding through SSH. I am sure this is an 
>> obvious question but can anyone tell me quickly (or point me where I 
>> can find out) how to restore X forwarding? If it matters the servers 
>> effected range from Fedora Core 1, 2 and 3. Thanks!
>
>
> I add a -X to the command.
>

The -X flag does not appear to work all the time with more recent 
versions of OpenSSH.  I'm not entirely sure the reasoning but using the 
-Y flag does and is supposed to be more secure.  Anyone know any more 
about this?

Marcus
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