Sep 21, 2012

Putty with X11 forwarding, graphical remote

    I guess that you had used Putty to connect to a Linux server for many times. Although there are many SSH clients that has a lot of functions and advantages, but Putty is the most light weigh one.
    The shortcoming of the program that prevent it to be the leading of SSH client is the absence of integrated X Server. I usually use MobaXterm instead of Putty, because it already included with X Server and many Unix tools. But, if you want to bring X11 Forwarding capability to Putty, I will show you.

   The first step, you need to install a X Server program that can display graphical signal from remote server. I choose XMing, which is the the best X Server can work well with Putty.
You can download Xming at this address: Xming setup . Otherwise, if you want to display normally all fonts, just download Xming fonts at this address: Xming-fonts.
   Secondly, start Xming before you starting remote connect with Putty.
   Thirty, configure putty for enabling X11Forwarding like these pictures:

After all, you can connect to remote server. Just invoke some commands to test X11 signal, such as xclock. You must get the result to ensure everything is correct, like this:
Hope this help !
Regards.
Cuong Pham

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