Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:25:49 -0700 From: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 forwarding problems in FreeBSD 6.2 - no xauth data? Message-ID: <200707101525.49966.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> In-Reply-To: <200707101441.01594.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> References: <200707090103.49950.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <200707101441.01594.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
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On Tuesday 10 July 2007 14:41:01 Pollywog wrote:
>
> I just did 'ssh' to one of the Linux hosts and when the connection was
> made, I got this:
>
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
>
> Does this possibly have something to do with the problem I mentioned in my
> initial post in this thread? I am going to Google that error and see if I
> can find something.
I found out that "mcookie" generates magic cookies for xauth, but I do not
have the mcookie command in FreeBSD, though it exists on my Debian Etch
system and is part of the util-linux package. If I can find mcookie or a
command that is analogous to it in FreeBSD, I might be able to fix this
problem:
http://rocketcalc.com/bread.php?key=22
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