Re: ssh -X woes

[linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk]

Thanks - a quick edit of sshd_config as suggested has sorted it out. M


>> It has `xauth` but in a different place...
>>
>> ~$ which -a xauth
>> /usr/bin/X11/xauth
>>
>> SO what else may I need to set up?
>
> Does the server accept X forwarding (i.e. does /etc/ssh/sshd_config have
> "X11Forwarding yes") ?
>
> Frank
>
>>
>> > michael wrote:
>> >> sorry about the wrong subject, initially.
>> >> i should also have said that DISPLAY is not set on the remote machine
>> >> (using ssh -X)
>> >>
>> >
>> > Make sure that the remote machine has /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth
>> > (from the xbase-clients) package installed.  Without it you
>> > will not be able to setup the DISPLAY of the remote machine
>> > to point back to you through the tunnel.
>> >
>> > -Roberto Sanchez
>> >
>>
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