If you are on a remote terminal, and the local system has only one visual (which is typical), then use the following syntax to set your user account DISPLAY
environment variable:
- Enabling X11 forwarding and agent forwarding Developers, students, and researchers often want to enable X11 forwarding and SSH agent forwarding. These allow running graphical applications remotely and eliminate the need for typing a password whenever moving from one server to another, respectively.
- Client Configuration. Connecting to servers whose admin you do not trust and who may be malicious is a significant security risk. However, there are a few ways to reduce the risk. Disabling X11 Forwarding. X11 forwarding exposes your X server (the client side in this context) to a malicious root user on the server machine.
Remote Display
Config.ssh.forward_x11 Vagrant
Bourne, Korn, and Bash shells
C shell
For example, if you are using the Bash shell and if your host name is local_host
, then enter the following command:
X11 Forwarding
To ensure that X11 forwarding does not cause the installation to fail, use the following procedure to create a user-level SSH client configuration file for Oracle installation owner user accounts:
Using any text editor, edit or create the software installation owner's
~/.ssh/config file
.Ensure that the
ForwardX11
attribute in the~/.ssh/config
file is set tono
. For example:Ensure that the permissions on
~/.ssh
are secured to the Oracle installation owner user account. For example:
Parent topic:Creating Operating System Oracle Installation User Accounts
Configure Ssh X11 Forwarding On Debian 10
X11 Forwarding To ensure that X11 forwarding does not cause the installation to fail, use the following procedure to create a user-level SSH client configuration file for Oracle installation owner user accounts: Using any text editor, edit or create the software installation owner's /.ssh/config file.