Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:27:38 -0800 (PST) From: Elliot Isaacson <elliot_isaacson@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: xauth failure when tunneling over ssh Message-ID: <343030.25718.qm@web90501.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Hi,
I've set up X11Forwarding on several linux servers before, but I've
just wasted a day trying (unsuccessfully) to figure out why I can't
get it working on freebsd (7.0-RELEASE GENERIC).
I have not changed the defaults in the sshd_config file.
One the client computer:
$ xhost +
$ ssh -Y 192.ip.of.server
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11
forwarding.
/usr/local/bin/xauth: creating new authority
file /home/xxx/.Xauthority
/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
[xxx@ ~] kcalc
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
kcalc: Fatal IO error: client killed
[xxx@ ~] ls -a .Xauth*
<no results>
Now, when I go to the server and login directly, and do a startx,
the x server starts fine, but there's still no .Xauthority file in
the home directory. I find that odd.
This also looks strange to me:
[xxx@ ~] ps -aux | grep X
root 1470 0.0 2.7 65456 13668 v0 S 4:01PM 0:01.24
X :0 -auth /home/xxx/.serverauth.1451 (Xorg)
[xxx@ ~] ls -a /home/xxx/.serverauth*
<no results>
How could it authenticate with a non-existent file?
Any pointers in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Elliot
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