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X11Forwarding yes
was enabled and sshd reloaded. But how can I test that X Forwarding works or not? xclock is not installed. Perl and python-base is installed, are there any tricks ex.: pop-up a GUI window with Perl? 'echo $DISPLAY' doesn't displays anything.
Am I right in assuming that you put the X11Forwarding yes in the sshd config file on the server? This option just permits forwarding of X11, see man sshd_config (see full man page):
X11Forwarding
Specifies whether X11 forwarding is permitted. The argument must be “yes” or “no”. The default is “no”.
You also need to trigger the client to setup the forwarding, e.g. by calling ssh -X you@server.
To verify that X11 forwarding is initiated add another argument -v to the ssh call and search for a line like [...]Requesting X11 forwarding[...], e.g.:
you@client $ ssh -v -X you@server
[...]
debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
[...]
you@server $
If it is working properly the $DISPLAY variable shouldn't be empty. If it's not set, X11 won't be forwarded.
Install something like system-config-date and then run it.
$ yum install system-config-date $ system-config-date
system-config-date using a curses-based interface when using SSH without X11 forwarding. Apparently, that behaviour has since changed; also: fadvisor.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/timeconfig.png (need to copy the URL and paste into address bar to avoid hot-linking warning). My vote is now locked in but if you edit the question, I can undo the downvote.
Jan 5, 2016 at 17:12
