ssh: add "-X" to default options

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How do I add "-X" into my ssh default option? i.e., when I type ssh A.B.C.D, it should really do ssh -X A.B.C.D I can alias it, but is there a more "elegant" solution to do that in .ssh/config file?

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Fix for: ssh: add "-X" to default options

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You need the ~/.ssh/config file ForwardX11 or ForwardX11Trusted options. Specifically, if you want to add -X to every invocation of ssh, put something like this in your config file: If you want to use if only for certain hosts, you need to set up a …

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