[Info-vax] Decwindows display

[bradhamilton]

Joseph Huber wrote:
> Bradford Hamilton schrieb:
>> In article <000ddaa1$0$2138$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei wrote:
>>> Bradford Hamilton wrote:
>>> Note that on OS-X:
>>>
>>>     -X      Enables X11 forwarding.  This can also be specified on a
>>> per-host
>>>             basis in a configuration file.
>>>
>>>
>>>     -x      Disables X11 forwarding.
>>>
>>>
>>> so you really want ssh -X
>>
>> Yup.  Of course, it makes me wonder why "-x" exists.  Isn't that the 
>> "default"
>> behavior for ssh?
> 
> No, the default depends on the (system or user) options defined in the 
> ssh config files:
> ForwardX11 yes or no
> ForwardX11Trusted yes or no
> 
> Depending on this, -X -x -Y makes sense.

Pardon me for beating a dead horse, but I've seen the config files 
populated with default values (no in both cases).