firefox over ssh

From: Mark Atherton <htlshoqz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:41:34 +0000

When I ssh into a remote system and run firefox I expect that with "X11Forwarding yes" in my sshd_config on the remote system I should execute firefox on the remote system but view it locally.

What seems to happen is that firefox runs on the local machine*. I'm sure this happens by design, but I can't find out how it works, why it might be desirable, or how to disable it.

I've looked at http://www.openssh.org/ but can't find the relevant docs. Any pointers would be welcome.

Mark Atherton

* evidence: (1) when I ssh into a fresh linux installation and run firefox it runs with the configuration setup as for my local system. (2) ps -Al shows no firefox (or firefox-bin) running on the remote machine.
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