Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:02:36 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: stan <stanb@panix.com>, Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh and X11 problem Message-ID: <44sko4ql37.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <1230746298.28408.5.camel@orion> (Glen Barber's message of "Wed\, 31 Dec 2008 12\:58\:18 -0500") References: <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com> <1230745308.28408.2.camel@orion> <20081231175429.GB22662@teddy.fas.com> <1230746298.28408.5.camel@orion>
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Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 12:54 -0500, stan wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:41:48PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: >> > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 12:35 -0500, stan wrote: >> > > 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? >> > > >> > >> > I assume you have xserver on the FreeBSD box? Check your display name. >> > I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be 'hostname:0:0'. >> > >> Perhaps I was not clear. Yes I do have the X server running on the FreeBSD >> machine, but that should not matter, as I am ssh'ing _from_ the Linux box >> which does have a working X server on it also, and can ssh to other >> machines and get X fowarded corectly. >> > > You need an xserver to connect *to*, which is why I asked. No, Stan is right; an X server is only needed on the machine that actually hosts the display. The xauth error message are indicating the problem, but I don't know what they're telling us. The hostname should probably be "localhost", and sshd_config is set up to do that by default. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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