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A particular option like ForwardX11, perhaps? Seems a bit much to move an otherwise useful file entirely aside.

Jeff Schaller
– Jeff Schaller ♦

2019-09-18 18:00:21 +00:00
Commented Sep 18, 2019 at 18:00
@JeffSchaller I don't want to fiddle out all possible options in .ssh/config which can prevent X11 forwarding from working. Moving the file out of the way and using ssh -X worked for me, after this you can still fiddle out options in .ssh/config ...

Sandro Weiser
– Sandro Weiser

2019-09-19 11:19:15 +00:00
Commented Sep 19, 2019 at 11:19
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This was my problem - thanks! However, I very strongly recommend that you do not put this file in /tmp/ because you will lose it on reboot. I opted for mv ~/.ssh/config ~/.ssh/config.bak

sage
– sage

2020-07-04 21:44:45 +00:00
Commented Jul 4, 2020 at 21:44

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