[Wylug-help] xauth problem from laptop

[John Hodrien]

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, A J Cole wrote:

>> I have noticed that I only get this from my laptop when I use it in Leeds.
>> If I use it in Doncaster, which is the norm as I also have a desktop in
>> Leeds, eveything works fine. I am connecting to the same servers from both
>> locations using a private WAN
>>
>> None of my other linux boxes have the problem at all.
>
> That wouild indicate that the authorization entry for that display is not
> in the authorization file.  How is/was the entry created?  Remember that
> its display (location) specific.

But he's using ssh, so the xauth is handled by ssh, and the connection overtly
comes from localhost as a result of tunnelling, surely?

jh

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