Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:37:05 +0100 From: "Federico Lorenzi" <florenzi@gmail.com> To: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 forwarding problems in FreeBSD 6.2 - no xauth data? Message-ID: <3a386af20707101637i512cea37tde93d9e4b03bd97f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200707101525.49966.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> References: <200707090103.49950.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <200707101441.01594.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <200707101525.49966.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
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On 7/10/07, Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> wrote: > 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 >From what I've read at http://www.linuxcommand.org/man_pages/mcookie1.html: mcookie generates a 128-bit random hexadecimal number for use with the X authority system. Typical usage: xauth add :0 . 'mcookie' Therefore, you should be able to use any random 128-bit hex number instead of mcookie. I'm not sure how secure it would be, but it should work just fine. Cheers Federico
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