From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 26 05:44:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9D8516A40D for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:44:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.apitz@oclcpica.org) Received: from hunter.Sisis.de (hunter.sisis.de [193.31.11.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19EEF43D5F for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:44:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.apitz@oclcpica.org) Received: (from mail@localhost) by hunter.Sisis.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA16082; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:41:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from m.apitz@oclcpica.org) From: m.apitz@oclcpica.org Received: from ppp-82-135-1-6.dynamic.mnet-online.de(82.135.1.6) by hunter.Sisis.de via smap (V2.1) id xma016078; Mon, 26 Jun 06 07:41:31 +0200 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k5Q5iDmJ036986; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:44:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from m.apitz@oclcpica.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to m.apitz@oclcpica.org using -f Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:44:13 +0200 To: Andrew Message-ID: <20060626054413.GB36779@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <1151291104.2354.9.camel@LatitudeFC5.network> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1151291104.2354.9.camel@LatitudeFC5.network> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE (i386) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSHD errors: will not forward X11 connections X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:44:32 -0000 El día Sunday, June 25, 2006 a las 10:05:03PM -0500, Andrew escribió: > Hello, > > I have a FreeBSD 6.1 machine at home that I use for remote backups, and > sort of an application server for my home network. I occasionally run > program with the X display forwarded to my laptop. Simple setup, has > always worked great, etc, etc. > > Just last week, I went to login and run a program and I received the > following error (in /var/log/messages): > > sshd[25306]: error: Failed to allocate internet-domain X11 display > socket. > > Now, not to (intentionally) irritate anyone, but I haven't made any > changes in regards to the setup on either end of the connection that I'm > aware of. The only change at all that I've recently made, is that I > switch shells on the remote box (to zsh). I tried changing back to bash, > (my original setup), and the problem persists. > > The permissions for sshd are: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 168488 May 6 22:58 /usr/sbin/sshd > > which looks correct to me. I really haven't a clue where to begin with > this one, besides a backup and re-install, which is an option, but is > also a rather large pain. > > Suggestions? Truss o strace down the SSH daemon to see what the underlying problem for "error: Failed to allocate..." really is. matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC PICA GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclcpica.org/ http://guru.UnixLand.de/