X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0

Question

When I do \"ssh -X abcserver\", I got message \"X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0\". I checked online and it was suggested to solve it by swit

Answer 1

I had to edit the sshd config file on the remote server to fix the issue. It worked on Ubuntu 16.04 Server:

$ sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Set X11UseLocalhost no

Save the file.

$ sudo service sshd restart

$ exit

Now it works!

ssh -X user@remotehost
$ xclock