[Gllug] X problem

[Russell Howe]

On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 08:00:16PM +0000, Ian Northeast wrote:
> Khusro Jaleel wrote:
> >Maybe you have X11Forwarding disabled in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config, just 
> >as John said? I recently started seeing this message too, and I think 
> >that was the problem.
> 
> Another possible cause is "xauth" missing on the target machine. I don't 
> think I've ever seen this in Linux though. It's not uncommon in AIX as a 
> default "without graphics" installation doesn't include it.

Happens to me sometimes in Debian - I think xauth is found in
xbase-clients. sshd's configuration also defaults to not allowing X11
forwarding in recent Debian installs. I can't remember if it can be
configured via debconf or not any more (it used to be an option), but
the directive is there in sshd_config waiting to be uncommented.

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Russell Howe       | Why be just another cog in the machine,
rhowe at siksai.co.uk | when you can be the spanner in the works?
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