Bug#468103: marked as done (DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #468103,
regarding DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session
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• To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
• Cc: Bug Tracking System Debian <submit@bugs.debian.org>
• Subject: Re: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session
• From: Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>
• Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:40:56 -0500
• Message-id: <1397149D-5135-4E0C-8F75-34A46C8795A5@pobox.com>
• In-reply-to: <20080226195749.GV8028@pear.tzafrir.org.il>
• References: <A265C94E-976C-4CDD-A940-9D7AB480BE9C@cs.rutgers.edu> <20080226195749.GV8028@pear.tzafrir.org.il>

Package: xterm

On Feb 26, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 05:00:13AM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote:

I just installed Lenny on a G4 Mac.  I installed the "ssh" package on
it.  I can "ssh" to it just fine.  But I can't get X11 forwarding to
work.  When I use "ssh -X" or "ssh -Y" (either option) the connection
is made, but the DISPLAY variable is not being set.

Anybody know why?

No. But using ssh -v might give some clues. One extra potential reason:

the target box does not have (the utility) xauth on it.

That was it.  I did
	aptitude install xauth
and everything was fine.

It looks like the xterm package needs to depend on the xauth package -- or at least recommend it.

What package should a bug report for this go to?

Thanks!

Rick

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• To: Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>, 468103-done@bugs.debian.org
• Cc: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
• Subject: Re: Bug#468103: DISPLAY variable not set in ssh session
• From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
• Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:58:05 +0100
• Message-id: <20080319005804.GA15273@patate.is-a-geek.org>
• Mail-followup-to: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>, Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>, 468103-done@bugs.debian.org, debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
• In-reply-to: <1397149D-5135-4E0C-8F75-34A46C8795A5@pobox.com>
• References: <A265C94E-976C-4CDD-A940-9D7AB480BE9C@cs.rutgers.edu> <20080226195749.GV8028@pear.tzafrir.org.il> <1397149D-5135-4E0C-8F75-34A46C8795A5@pobox.com>

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 19:40:56 -0500, Rick Thomas wrote:

> It looks like the xterm package needs to depend on the xauth package -- 
> or at least recommend it.
>
No, this has nothing to do with xterm.  openssh-server already suggests
xauth (or actually xbase-clients), and documents why in README.Debian.

Cheers,
Julien

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