How to fix X11 Forwarding in CentOS 5

This tutorial describes how to fix the ssh X11 forwarding problem in CentOS 5.5 server.

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Make sure that the "xorg-x11-xauth" is also installed in your system. If not, this comm

yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth

Ensure that "X11Forwarding" is enabled in your ssh server configuration file. Edit the file "/etc/ssh/sshd_config".

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Check if the below line is present in the config file, if not add it manually.

X11Forwarding yes

Then restart ssh server

service sshd restart

Test if the

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