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RE: ssh -Y not an option
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 18:32:23 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: RE: ssh -Y not an option
- References: <1115051021.4276540d0c562@cubmail.cc.columbia.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 2 May 2005 ab2540@columbia.edu wrote:
>
> I will read man Xsecurity but just to re-iterate; the ssh command
> does not take the option -Y. I get this statement
>
> ssh: illegal option -- Y
> Usage: ssh [options] host [command]
This option was introduced with OpenSSH 3.8 and is equivalent to the
older -X switch. Starting with OpenSSH 3.8 -X has a different behaviour
and causes trouble with many applications.
So use ssh -Y remotehost where it does works and ssh -X remotehost
otherwise.
bye
ago
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