# On the Jabref opening via remote access

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/on-the-jabref-opening-via-remote-access/1796>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 7, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/on-the-jabref-opening-via-remote-access/1796 "2019-11-07T15:49:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rogeriowolff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rogeriowolff](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/rogeriowolff)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/on-the-jabref-opening-via-remote-access/1796/1 "2019-11-07T15:49:56Z")

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I am trying to use Jabref to do some fixes in my .bib files. I’ve installed via snap at my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS machine and all works fine. But I need to work from other machine in same university, where I can’t install Jabref. So I do the command like this

$ ssh -X user@machine.university.br

And, after give the password:

$ jabref

If I was at a session in my machine, Jabref would open after that command. But how I am doing remote access, I receive an error message:

X11 Connection Rejected Because of Wrong Authentication

But it happens only with Jabref. All other software opens at command line.

I don’t know why this happens, how can I open Jabref remotely, if possible?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/on-the-jabref-opening-via-remote-access/1796/2 "2019-11-19T13:21:50Z")

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HI,

this seems to be a general problem with snaps and X11 forwarding.  
Here is a workaround:

> **[X11 Forwarding using SSH](https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/x11-forwarding-using-ssh/2381/3)**
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> I just tried this by doing: $ ssh -X localhost $ xterm # it launches xterm$ exit $ brave X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. \[1\] I then strace’d brave and saw it was trying to access $SNAP\_USER\_DATA/.Xauthority, which of course...

Since a while we also provide native deb and rpm files:  
[http://builds.jabref.org/master/](http://builds.jabref.org/master/)

Remember to make a backup of your library before trying this out.

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**Author:** ![rogeriowolff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rogeriowolff](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/rogeriowolff)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/on-the-jabref-opening-via-remote-access/1796/3 "2019-11-19T14:38:11Z")

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Dear Cristoph:

I’ve used the same command, just exchanging “brave” by “jabref” and it works finely!

Thank you very much!

Best regards,

Rogério Nunes Wolff

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**Author:** ![rogeriowolff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rogeriowolff](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/rogeriowolff)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/on-the-jabref-opening-via-remote-access/1796/4 "2019-11-19T14:39:29Z")

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By the way, all other snap software requires the same fix…

Rogério

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/on-the-jabref-opening-via-remote-access/1796/5 "2019-11-19T15:02:31Z")

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Thanks for the quick feedback. Glad that it works now. 🙂