Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 08:46:42 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh -X remote does not work due to problem with xauth Message-ID: <456a4548-2ca2-987a-e16a-272d4ca1f093@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20180509131053.454522fef33e7e6dbe8c9498@sohara.org> References: <20180509104700.GA3259@c720-r314251> <20180509131053.454522fef33e7e6dbe8c9498@sohara.org>
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On 05/09/18 07:10, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Wed, 9 May 2018 12:47:00 +0200 > Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > >> When I launch 'ssh -X remote host' to get X11 forwarded to my workstation >> this does not work, i.e. does not produce a DISPLAY env on the remote >> host and says: >> >> $ ssh -X apitzm@srap16dxr1 >> Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not >> generated Last login: Wed May 9 12:37:17 2018 from 10.49.8.33 >> apitzm@srap16dxr1:~> > > ... > >> Any ideas? > > Possible workaround - ssh -Y. > Also, I would check why xauth wasn't able to do its job. Possible reasons: quota on /home exceeded, or one of filesystems is full (or permissions...) Valeri -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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