Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 15:41:25 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh -X remote does not work due to problem with xauth Message-ID: <44d0y4iplm.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <20180509180935.GA1064@c720-r314251> (Matthias Apitz's message of "Wed, 9 May 2018 20:09:35 %2B0200") References: <20180509104700.GA3259@c720-r314251> <slrnpf60ps.2cu3.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <20180509180935.GA1064@c720-r314251>
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Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> writes: > El d=EDa mi=E9rcoles, mayo 09, 2018 a las 02:18:36p. m. -0000, Christian = Weisgerber escribi=F3: > >> On 2018-05-09, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: >>=20 >> > When I launch 'ssh -X remote host' to get X11 forwarded to my workstat= ion >> > this does not work, i.e. does not produce a DISPLAY env on the remote >> > host and says: >>=20 >> Is X11Forwarding enabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config on the remote host? >>=20 >> > $ ssh -X apitzm@srap16dxr1 >> > Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not gen= erated >>=20 >> That's exactly the error you get if X11Forwarding is off on the >> remote host. > > X11Forwarding is definitely enabled on the remote server. Other users in > my company network who are coming from Ubuntu workstations to the same > server do not face this problem. Have you tried increasing the verbosity on the ssh session? And if possible, on the sshd at the other end?
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