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Date:      Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:41:48 -0500
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        stan <stanb@panix.com>
Cc:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ssh and X11 problem
Message-ID:  <1230745308.28408.2.camel@orion>
In-Reply-To: <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com>
References:  <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com>

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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'.


-- 
Glen Barber
"Tell me and I forget.  Teach me and I remember.  Involve me and I
learn." - Benjamin Franklin




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