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You can also do both steps in a single go, like shown below: $ ssh -X firefox Notice the usage of -X flag in the ssh command. If you'd like to browse the web locally as if you were sitting in front of a remote box: $ ssh -X run Firefox inside the remote terminal session: $ firefox I do not know why firefox on remotebox2 starts a remote session instead of a local session. The following command on remotebox2 starts a remote firefox session as expected. No firefox process running on the remotebox. The following command produces a brief delay, then drops back to prompt and a local firefox window pops up. The following command starts a remote firefox session with a remote firefox window. Here some more information of my local system. Why is it opening a local firefox window? How can i prevent that? If firefox is not running on my local machine then a remote firefox window will open. no firefox process is running on the remote box. Then start firefox on the remote box remotebox$ firefoxĪnd I have firefox running on my local machine, a local firefox window will open.
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When I SSH to a remote box $ ssh -X remotebox