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[ #69 ] Forwarding X Permalink
My host is Mac OS X, and my guest is a NetBSD VM running on the host. This will show you how I forward X apps from guest to the host.
Ensure host has X11
On Mac OS X you can install X11 from the OS install disk that came with your computer.
Start X11 on host
On Mac OS X, start /Applications/X11.app
Get display list on host
In the xterm that was opened up on Mac:
host$ xauth list
YourBox.local/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 dfa82d25b775957b7571f76727e51f3c
10.1.1.2:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 dfa82d25b775957b7571f76727e51f3c
We are interested in the one that does not have "unix" in it, i.e. the second line. Copy this line, we will be using it below. (The above is an example, yours will look different.)
Ensure guest has X11Forwarding enabled
guest$ grep X11Forwarding /etc/ssh/sshd_config
X11Forwarding yes
... change if it's not enabled, and remember to restart sshd.
SSH to guest
host$ ssh -X guest
... the X flag enables X11Forwarding over this ssh connection.
Export display
guest$ export DISPLAY=10.1.1.2:0 # use the IP:Number combination that you got from xauth list
guest$ xauth add 10.1.1.2:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 dfa82d25b775957b7571f76727e51f3c
Run an X App
guest$ xlogo
... and watch it appear on your host.
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