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Re: ssh configure error



On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 05:02:23PM +0200, Willi Dyck wrote:

> i get an error message when doing a ./configure with ssh.
> 
> "checking for xauth... no"
> "configure: error: configuring with X but xauth not found - aborting"
> 
> what's wrong here? i have no X installed and also don't want to do it.
> which file to edit for doing it right?

The configure script looks for "xauth" to enable X forwarding, if don't want 
to use X you can disable it with a configure option. If you run 
./configure --help you should see the right syntax.

regards,

-- 
Staf Wagemakers

email      : staf@digibel.org
homepage   : http://www.digibel.org/~staf



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