[mythtv-users] Adding new channels

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/13/2008 10:51 AM, Jon wrote:
>> You can ssh to your backend from a machine with a display with X
>> forwarding (either the -X or -Y option, I'm never quite sure) and run
>> mythtv-setup, with the GUI appearing on the machine running the ssh  
>> client.
> On my powerbook running X11, it's ssh -X. I think it's -y on some  
> systems though. (which might explain your confusion)

It's -Y on any modern OpenSSH.  If you're using OpenSSH and it doesn't 
have -Y, you /need/ to upgrade because the version you're using has many 
security issues.

-X is slower than -Y and all -X does is silly things (that don't apply 
to MythTV apps running on your own network) like preventing the MythTV 
application from capturing keystrokes sent to other applications or 
grabbing the window contents from other windows (i.e. it prevents Myth 
from grabbing the contents of your browser window when you're connected 
to your online banking application).  I've seen the MythTV code (and you 
can see it, too).  Myth doesn't do anything like that, so running with 
-X only slows things down and causes errors, and can potentially cause 
applications to crash.

Also, with -Y, you can use the clipboard--which is /really/ nice for 
typing in passwords or paths or ...

So, use -Y.  -X is meant for connecting to an untrusted host (i.e. 
you're helping someone else configure his MythTV system across the 
Internet and you don't know whether his hosts may have rogue programs 
running on them).

Mike