Bug#574035: openssh-server: sshd_config(5) should mention that the server needs xauth for X11 forwarding
Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:5.3p1-3
Severity: normal
Hello,
It now happened several times that I had to tell a colleague that to
enable X11 forwarding on a server, he needed to install the xauth
program. If the sshd_config(5) paragraph about the X11Forwarding option
was mentioning that xauth is needed for proper setup, they would
probably have found by themselves, as well as all the other admins who
didn't ask somebody else to solve their issue and just gave up or (oh
horror) simply used xhost +...
Samuel
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.33 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.15.5.6 Debian package management system
ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcomerr2 1.41.10-1 common error description library
ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.8+dfsg~alpha1-7 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii libkrb5-3 1.8+dfsg~alpha1-7 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libpam-modules 1.1.1-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-2 Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii libpam0g 1.1.1-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libselinux1 2.0.89-4 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8m-2 SSL shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-18 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii openssh-blacklist 0.4.1 list of default blacklisted OpenSS
ii openssh-client 1:5.3p1-3 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec
ii procps 1:3.2.8-8 /proc file system utilities
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages openssh-server recommends:
ii openssh-blacklist-extra 0.4.1 list of non-default blacklisted Op
ii xauth 1:1.0.4-1 X authentication utility
Versions of packages openssh-server suggests:
pn molly-guard <none> (no description available)
pn rssh <none> (no description available)
ii ssh-askpass 1:1.2.4.1-9 under X, asks user for a passphras
pn ufw <none> (no description available)
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Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@fnac.net>
SL> Au fait elle est mieux ma signature maintenant ?
Oui. T'enl�ve encore les conneries que t'as �crit dedans et c'est bon.
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