These are the steps to tunnel an SSH connection
Apple Mac OS X
- Install X11
- Launch X11
- type "ssh ${user}@${host} -Y", where ${user} is your username, and ${host} is the hostname of the server you are trying to log into
Windows
- First method- redirect output by setting the DISPLAY variable of your console to your local IP address and having an X-server accept it
- Start X-server (X-Win32)
- Find your IP address
- Open the command prompt
- Type "ipconfig"
- Set the DISPLAY environment variable
- for bash, "set DISPLAY ${IP}:0"
- for csh
- Second method- tunnel X session over SSH Secure Shell
- Start X-server (X-Win32)
- In SSH Secure Shell, click on "Edit" menu item
- Click on "Settings"
- Select "Tunneling" option in the left side of the window
- Verify that the "Tunnel X11 connections" option is selected
- Click "OK"
- restart all SSH connections