On 09-12 08:20, Brett Mahar wrote: > I know `ssh -X` is more secure, I use this when I can but use the `ssh -Y` > version when I need ability to copy and paste.
While this probably doesn't solve your main problem, it might be useful afterward. For what it's worth, I have used ssh -X extensively and copy/paste successfully, so it is a little more secure than ssh -Y for most things. I have added some config to help it work between apps that used different clipboards, to ease interoperability, in the ~/.Xdefaults of the user running X: XTerm*selectToClipboard: true *VT100*translations: #override \ Ctrl Shift <Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER1) \n ...and where that doesn't work (depends on which apps and in which direction I copy/paste between them), I have a couple of scripts using the xc command (from ports/packages) to work around that. Then workarounds: I only use ssh -Y occasionally, for a very few apps that seem to only function with it. This is not an area where I have deep understanding, but I did a bunch of web searches, reading and some experimenting. I am also careful what I copy to the clipboard, because any app (probably including those running as different users) can see it, And when that really breaks down (eg, multiline copy/paste from browser to a text-mode app), I just paste into a world-readable text file from one user, and pull it out as the other user. If any of this is bad practice I would appreciate the feedback. (I probably wouldn't use ssh -X much, if I could start more than one X session in different ctrl-alt-fX consoles, as different users, to run at the same time as I used to always do on debian.)
