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Old 12-13-2015
Is it possible that X11 can be forwarded through a SSH tunnel
I communicate with the server via a ssh tunnel, configured via Putty.

Recently, I'm trying to forward the X11 through it, but it doesn't work.

Is there any one work this way?

Searched with google, but didn't find anything.

Thx in adv.
# 2  
Old 12-14-2015
It's certainly possible. But if the thing your ssh'ing into doesn't support the feature (it's configurable) it becomes more difficult. So, just because this can mean different things to different people, can you provide a bit more detail on what you mean by "via a ssh tunnel"?
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Old 12-18-2015
Ensure "X11Forwarding yes" is set in your ssh server-wide configuration file. Typically /etc/ssh/sshd_config

If it is set to no (or possibly commented out), you'll need to uncomment it and set it to yes. Afterwords, a restart of the ssh daemon will be required. Restarting the daemon depends on the flavour of the OS.

AIX: stopsrc -s sshd, then startsrc -s sshd
Debian: service ssh restart

etc
 
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