[clug] ssh vs. firefox

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Sat Aug 22 09:00:56 MDT 2009


On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:

> I am on my workstation (f9). I ssh to my main server (f11).
> I launch firefox from ssh command line and surely it opens a
> window. But it is in fact another window of the workstation
> firefox (so it runs on my ws).

Hi Eyal.  I've long felt this is completely braindead behaviour by 
Firefox.  I cover it and how to make FF work rationally here:

http://www.practicalsysadmin.com/wiki/index.php/Firefox

Cheers,

Rob

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