ssh and X forwarding
Not sure if this is a bug, or just something I did wrong. If it's a real
bug, I'll report it.
I upgraded an (intel-based) laptop from potato to woody and I now find
that when I log into it with ssh -X I can't get X forwarding to work. I
have edited sshd_config to set
X11Forwarding yes
The session goes like this:
otherbox$ ssh -X woodybox
woodybox$ xclock
Error: Can't open display: woodybox:10.0
Apart from that error on the screen, the xclock command causes a
message to appearin the system log, saying
kernel: neighbour table overflow
(I compiled the 2.2.20 kernel myself)
It looks as if ssh is trying to do the X forwarding and is setting
DISPLAY correctly. But something else is wrong.
One possibility is that ssh has changed how it does X forwarding recently.
otherbox is running:
OpenSSH_2.9p2, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090602f
while up-to-date woody has:
OpenSSH_3.0.2p1 Debian 1:3.0.2p1-9, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090603f
X forwarding in the other direction works as normal.
Any suggestions and hints gratefully received. Note that I am well aware
that you can circumvent the tunnelling of X over ssh by doing
otherbox$ xhost + woodybox
otherbox$ ssh woodybox
woodybox$ export DISPLAY=otherbox:0.0
woodybox$ xclock
but that rather defeats the point.
Many thanks
Hugh
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