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Date:      Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:23:51 -0500
From:      Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Interesting Change In ssh Behavior
Message-ID:  <46783B57.8030609@tundraware.com>
In-Reply-To: <2196830142E9AFBC39B295C2@vortex.es.net>
References:  <46781626.3010400@tundraware.com>	<20070619181106.GB15696@ayn.mi.celestial.com>	<467836FD.3020901@tundraware.com>	<20070619161238.c7160e20.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <4678395D.3070002@tundraware.com> <2196830142E9AFBC39B295C2@vortex.es.net>

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John Webster wrote:
> 
> --On Tuesday, June 19, 2007 15:15:25 -0500 Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote:
> 
>> Bill Moran wrote:
>>> In response to Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com>:
>>>
>>>> Bill Campbell wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2007, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
>>>>>> I just recently update one 6.2 and one 4.11 machine to the latest stable
>>>>>> sources and built world.  Now, for some odd reason, I cannot tunnel X
>>>>>> via ssh from remote clients.  Did the defaults for sshd change lately
>>>>>> or is there some other culprit?
>>>>> First make sure that the sshd_config file on the server machine
>>>>> has ``X11Forwarding yes'' set.
>>>>>
>>>> Nope, that's not it. I did set it manually and restarted sshd (even though I believe
>>>> this is the default).  Still no go...
>>> Are you using the -Y option to ssh when you connect?
>>>
>> I've tried both -X and -Y - neither work.  This *used* to work, so I am trying to
>> determine if this is a "me" problem or if some default changed somewhere in the
>> source tree that may be causing me grief...
> 
> 
> What does ssh'ing with verbose mode show?
> 
> 

I was just doing this as your email arrived.  This looks suspicious (!):

             Remote: No xauth program; cannot forward with spoofing


This is on an old 4.11 system updated to latest stable.  xauth does indeed exist in:

         /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth


Very strange ...



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