[Wylug-help] X over ssh

[Dave Brotherstone]

On 21/04/06, Don Magee <don at leedsweb.dyndns.org> wrote:
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> Any X experts out there. I am trying to get ethereal to work on a comms
> box that doesn't have X installed. The method is to use ssh -X to get
> ssh to carry the X protocol data to the machine with the gui. If I run
> ethereal (or any other gui proces) this way on a remote box with X
> installed it all works fine.
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Alternatively, depending on your requirements, use tcpdump -w to write the
packets to a file, then use ethereal to view the file on your X box.  No
good if you need it real-time, (I don't think there's a "tail" option), but
ok if you're investigating something.

Dave.
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