X11 Forwarding & SSH Terminate After Reboot
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Install xbase-clients to enable the xauth mechanism for X11 forwarding
Install libpam-systemd dbus to enable SSH session termination
Why should I care?
Enables displaying graphical dialogue on a remote terminal
Allows for terminals to automatically exit upon node reboot
Description | Command | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Install the xauth mechanism through the xbase-clients application, install libpam-systemd dbus and update the package cache | sudo apt-get install xbase-clients -y
sudo apt-get install libpam-systemd dbus -y
sudo apt-get update -y |
| 2 | Verify that X11Forwarding and UsePAM are enabled in sshd_config NOTE: By default, after installing xbase-clients, X11Forwarding will be set to yes NOTE: By default, after installing libpam-systemd dbus, UsePAM will be set to yes | grep -i X11Forwarding /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v "#"
grep -i UsePAM /etc/ssh/sshd_config |
| 3 | Reboot node to apply changes | sudo reboot |