Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:39:26 +0200
From:      Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
To:        Sasha Egan <wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SSH install difficulties.
Message-ID:  <19980730163926.A23946@cityip.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980730075631.22196A-100000@dax.belen.k12.nm.us>; from Sasha Egan on Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 08:10:36AM -0600
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980730075631.22196A-100000@dax.belen.k12.nm.us>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998 at 08:10 SAT, Sasha Egan wrote:
> 
> I am haveing some trouble installing ssh for some reason.
> I am trying to use the port that came with 2.2.6
> 
[ snip ]
> 
> checking for xauth... no
> configure: error: configuring with X but xauth not found - aborting
> su-2.01#
> 
> but here is the really wierd part...xauth does exist...I can even execute
> it.

Make sure xauth is in the path of the user under whose id you run the
configure script.  That had me puzzled for a few minutes just yesterday.  :-)

-- V

Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19980730163926.A23946>