X11 Forwarding

X11 Client

In order to be able to forward X11 windows from Spiedie on your MacOS and Windows machines, you must have an X11 client such as XQuartz (MacOS) or XMing (Windows) installed running.

MacOS and Linux

To enable X11 forwarding, just add the following flag when signing on to Spiede:


ssh -Y <username>@spiedie.binghamton.edu

You can verify that X11 forwarding is correctly working by simply running:

xclock

This should forward a small system clock window.

Windows

  1. Make sure XServer (such as XMing) is running
  2. Open PuTTY
  3. Click on Connection->SSH->X11 and check Enable X11 Forwarding
  4. Log in to Spiedie as usual

X11 forwarding should now be available. You can also verify as above by running

xclock