X11 forwarding, -f, error handling

[Nicolas Williams]

I'd like a feature whereby ssh puts itself in the background after the
first successful X11 (or other port) forwarding.

The reason for this is simple: error handling.

If the application fails to open the X display and exits, then the
client can still exit with the application's exit code. But if the
application opens the X display successfully, then it can just display
any errors by itself.

I intend to write and contribute such a patch to implement such a
feature in the next few days.

Comments?

Nico
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