Ssh -X -p 2222 might need the -o NoHostAuthenticationForLocalHost=yes for the second command to avoid your SSH client to howl if you already have another key for localhost stored in your known hosts file. I have an Ubuntu server (12.04 LTS) running remotely on a cloud hosting service. I restarted my computer after all was done. (I normally do this using the JSch SSH client library for Java, but it is also possible with command line SSH.) ssh -L localhost:2222:badserver:22 -N & Installed Octave 3.8.1 via Homebrew which came with gnuplot 4.6.

So, use the proposal by womble: use one SSH connection to goodserver, create a tunnel in this connection, and then run a second connection through this tunnel. Based on the X.org Foundation releases - the leading reference implementation of X11 - X11 for Mac OS X is compatible, fast, and fully integrated with Mac OS X. I just tried your commands, and it worked fine - but here the intermediate server had the X binaries, too. X11 for Mac OS X is an implementation of the X Window System that makes it possible to run X11-based applications in Mac OS X. (It might be that SSH actually uses the X library for the cookie rewriting.) I think this is the problem - ssh -X will try to forward any remote incoming X connections to the local X server, and this seems to be impossible if there is no local X library and such. I am looking to use the klog command on X11, but it isnt there by default, and my google search hasnt helped me find how to 'install' it. Sidenote: I don't think goodserver has X11 installed. Hello, I am in need of some help with my mac.

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