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Alice
Asked: 2019-01-14 21:50:49 +0800 CST

ssh -X to open a file manager

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I have to machines running Ubuntu 18.10

When ssh -X to another computer

  ssh -X [email protected]

firefox and google-chrome could be opened at the current machine with firefox

firefox  
google-chrome

However, if tried to open the files manager with 

xdg-open .
#or
nautilus .

the file manager is launched from the desktop of remote machine rather than the current.

ssh x11-forwarding

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You need the --new-window option for Nautilus:

    ssh -X remote-machine nautilus --new-window
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  2. First make sure that you have the following options in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config, then follow the instructions in the answer above.

    sshd_config snapshot

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