Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 19:46:10 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: openssh not setting DISPLAY Message-ID: <3A8DD7E2.E822D313@math.missouri.edu> References: <E14Tq7y-0008J9-00@rip.psg.com> <3A8D8088.164E99D3@math.missouri.edu> <20010216152317.A97818@mollari.cthul.hu>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > (Somehow I think ForwardX11 yes should be the default, but > > it seems not to be.) > > It's not the default because it allows the remote system to snoop your > X display, and that's not something you might want so we default to > being secure. > In that case the default ssh_config is a bit misleading - it says # This is ssh client systemwide configuration file. This file provides # defaults for users, and the values can be changed in per-user configuration # files or on the command line. ... # ForwardX11 yes giving the impression that the default is ForwardX11 yes Maybe I am reasing it wrong. -- Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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