Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:02:52 -0500 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh and X11 problem Message-ID: <20081231180252.GD22662@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <1230746298.28408.5.camel@orion> 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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On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:58:18PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: > 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. > On the FreeBSD machine? I may be confused, but I think that on the FreeBSD machine the "client" tassk (eg xclock) is run, and it is pointed to the server on the machine that I am connecting _from_. Am I confused? -- 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.
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