[mythtv-users] Running mythsetup from a Windows PC running Cygwin

[Raphael Pooser]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> Raphael Pooser wrote:
>
>   
>> cygwin is all you need.  just export display before ssh and it's even 
>> easier, you can export DISPLAY=localhost:0, then
>> when you "ssh -X" it'll use your local display environment variable on 
>> the remote machine.
>>  
>>
>>     
> Unless you're using an extremely old (and insecure) version of OpenSSH, 
> it should be "ssh -Y".  The "-X" option enables X11 forwardig, but the 
> "-Y" option enables "trusted" X11 forwarding.  Myth requires a "trusted" 
> connection or you'll get all sorts of "BadMatch" errors.
>
> Mike
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I should correct what I previously said and say trusted is needed if you 
need more privileges on the remote server than would normally be granted 
a remote session with -X.
Raphael