Perl

Request SSH X11 Forwarding

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.SendReqX11Forwarding method, which sends an X11-forwarding request on a session channel. The arguments are the channel number, whether forwarding is limited to a single connection, and the X11 authentication protocol, cookie, and screen number.

Background: X11 forwarding lets a graphical program running on the remote host display its window on your local machine, tunneled over SSH. This is a low-level method that only sends the protocol request — your application is still responsible for the local X server side of the arrangement. The authentication cookie guards the forwarded display, so it should be a freshly generated value rather than a fixed constant.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  Demonstrates the Ssh.SendReqX11Forwarding method, which sends an SSH X11-forwarding request
#  on a session channel.  The 1st argument is the channel number, the 2nd limits forwarding to a
#  single connection, and the 3rd through 5th supply the X11 authentication protocol, cookie,
#  and screen number.

$ssh = chilkat::CkSsh->new();

$sshPort = 22;
$success = $ssh->Connect("ssh.example.com",$sshPort);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
#  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$password = "mySshPassword";

$success = $ssh->AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",$password);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Open a session channel.  A negative return value indicates failure.
$channelNum = $ssh->OpenSessionChannel();
if ($channelNum < 0) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

#  Request X11 forwarding.  Named variables make each argument's meaning clear.
$singleConnection = 0;
$authProt = "MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1";
$authCookie = "d92f5e1a7c8b4306af17c2e5b9d43081";
$screenNum = 0;
$success = $ssh->SendReqX11Forwarding($channelNum,$singleConnection,$authProt,$authCookie,$screenNum);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ssh->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "X11 forwarding requested." . "\r\n";

$ssh->Disconnect();