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1. Download Mocha X and start the Mocha X server

2. In putty, enable X11 Forwarding and set X display location to localhost

3. Log on to your linux box

4. Run...
   xauth list

   ..and copy output. For example...

   appserver3/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 06eccfef8f06993f48fb059adeda8376

5. sudo to your desired user

6. Run...
   xauth add

   ..and paste contents of xauth list command. For example

   xauth add appserver3/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 06eccfef8f06993f48fb059adeda8376

7. Run xclock to test