From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 12 18:20:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D0681065673 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:20:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from elliot_isaacson@yahoo.com) Received: from web90502.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web90502.mail.mud.yahoo.com [216.252.100.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C351D8FC1A for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:20:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from elliot_isaacson@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 46877 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Nov 2008 18:20:00 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=p3VERo/egmdd+HVsT2rL55PAQ9+Asq4r5rXHwpxt9CJJw99yOiMcm+kd8lFtDgcWa1iIdUx3QDh44NAnYnLEETNMInOtyT4QYFvk8vTkqyKoJDGKXS/AEslcG7yd5S2Wv0JYgqTIqymSHRWbeFRh1U2BuyQej3BZ2J6mmLnJ8U8=; X-YMail-OSG: u5owOX0VM1nisKcfG08SZwcir2dK4yiYdsaRFbNaa_J5YBm7cCS3RA3qXoHUSDecQu2PvUYcYEKn3WuewsCGdIa60JkUyJ71X_CJYhrNC_OuZrdfs3hVeRoagA6tGGH9R1EvHg-- Received: from [99.0.81.54] by web90502.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:20:00 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:20:00 -0800 (PST) From: Elliot Isaacson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <408675.46789.qm@web90502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:37:59 +0000 Subject: Re: xauth failure when tunneling over ssh X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: elliot_isaacson@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:20:01 -0000 > On Wednesday 12 November 2008 15:51:42 Elliot Isaacson wrote: > > #UsePAM yes > > #AllowTcpForwarding yes > > #GatewayPorts no > > #X11Forwarding yes > > #X11DisplayOffset 10 > > #X11UseLocalhost yes > > #PrintMotd yes > > #PrintLastLog yes > > #TCPKeepAlive yes > > #UseLogin no > > #UsePrivilegeSeparation yes > > #PermitUserEnvironment no > > #Compression delayed > > #ClientAliveInterval 0 > > #ClientAliveCountMax 3 > > #UseDNS yes > > #PidFile /var/run/sshd.pid > > #MaxStartups 10 > > #PermitTunnel no > > Shouldn't PermitTunnel be set to yes ? > Thanks for the suggestion. PermitTunnel has something to do with using a specific software network loopback device, tun(4). I don't think it has anything to do with forwarding traffic, X11 or otherwise, through an ssh tunnel. Just to be sure I tried switching that on, but it didn't seem to help. This is a reiteration of the problem so no one has to sift though the archives to find it: $ xhost + $ ssh -Y 192.ip.of.freebsdserver Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. /usr/local/bin/xauth: