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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
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Subject: Re: ssh -X remote does not work due to problem with xauth
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 14:18:36 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2018-05-09, 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:

Is X11Forwarding enabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the remote host?

> $ ssh -X apitzm@srap16dxr1
> Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated

That's exactly the error you get if X11Forwarding is off on the
remote host.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de