On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 at 17:45, R C <cjvijf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I do it all the time.
>
>
> make sure you forward X11, on the ssh server side, and login with
> ssh -X me@myhost.whatever
>
> start firefox with:
>
> /usr/bin/firefox -no-remote if you don't want the remote pages ending
> up in your local browser
>
> or if you don't care, just run firefox without -no-remote
>
>
Don't you have to make sure that the Firefox on the MacOS-X system is using
X11? It normally uses the native MacOS windowing system which is not X.
>
> or however you start firefox on a mac.
>
>
> Ron
>
>
> On 11/11/20 3:39 PM, S Bob wrote:
> > Hi all;
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to setup an ssh tunnel so I can run firefox on a remote
> > laptop and have the display locally.
> >
> >
> > I have 2 laptops
> >
> > local = CentOS 7
> >
> > remote = mac OSX 10.15.7
> >
> >
> > I want to create an ssh tunnel on the local CentOS 7 laptop, then run
> > firefox on the mac with the display showing up on the CentOS laptop.
> >
> > Is this doable?
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
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