ssh x11 forwarding on etch

[Ron Peterson <rpeterso@mtholyoke.edu>]

Debian Etch

I just discovered that I had to add the following to my
/etc/ssh/ssh_config in order for X11 tunnelling to work when I logged
into remote systems.

Host *
   XAuthLocation /usr/bin/xauth

According to the installed man page for ssh_config:

XAuthLocation
  Specifies the full pathname of the xauth(1) program.  The default is
  /usr/bin/X11/xauth

If the xbase-clients package is going to put xauth in a non-default
location, shouldn't the ssh package be updated to reflect that?

Anyway, maybe posting this will save someone else some aggravation.  I'm
wondering why this doesn't appear to be affecting more people.

-- 
Ron Peterson
Network & Systems Manager
Mount Holyoke College
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rpeterso