From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 31 17:35:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AA6A1065670 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:35:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E3C38FC14 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:35:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mailbackend.panix.com (mailbackend.panix.com [166.84.1.89]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD3A29417 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:35:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-76-26-198-188.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [76.26.198.188]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 825B6DE3D for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:35:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1LI4yT-0005pp-00 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:35:17 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:35:17 -0500 From: stan To: Free BSD Questions list Message-ID: <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Free BSD Questions list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 12:34:25 up 233 days, 18:56, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.06, 0.03 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Subject: ssh and X11 problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:35:18 -0000 I just built a new 7.1 machine, and when I ssh from a Linux box to it I get the following errors: usr/local/bin/xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "unix:10.0" in "remove" command /usr/local/bin/xauth: (stdin):2: bad display name "unix:10.0" in "add" command And I cannit get ssh to foward the X protocol. Yes I have added ForwardX11 yes to /etc/ssh/ssh_config What am I doing wrong? -- One of the main causes of the fall of the roman empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.