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Date:      Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:32:23 -0500
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        stan <stanb@panix.com>
Cc:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ssh and X11 problem
Message-ID:  <1230748343.28408.10.camel@orion>
In-Reply-To: <20081231180252.GD22662@teddy.fas.com>
References:  <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com> <1230745308.28408.2.camel@orion> <20081231175429.GB22662@teddy.fas.com> <1230746298.28408.5.camel@orion> <20081231180252.GD22662@teddy.fas.com>

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On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 13:02 -0500, stan wrote:
> On the FreeBSD machine? I may be confused, but I think that on the FreeBSD
> machine the "client" tassk (eg xclock) is run, and it is pointed to the
> server on the machine that I am connecting _from_. Am I confused?
> 

The task runs on the host machine (using the Xserver) and is forwarded
over SSH to the client machine.  The "client task" you refer to is on
the "host" machine.  

-- 
Glen Barber
"Tell me and I forget.  Teach me and I remember.  Involve me and I
learn." - Benjamin Franklin




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