On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Jim Drash wrote: > use "ssh -X" instead
NO! ssh -X uses an ____UNTRUSTED____ X11 connection while ssh -Y uses a trusted connection. If you're not sure about what you say then don't mess with the users. This was one of most frequently asked questions a few months ago and I don't want to start answering the same question every day. ssh -Y is fine for all daily usage. If you know what you're dooing then use -X. But don't bother the mailinglist with strange errors which did not occur before. > > When I connect from cygwin to a remote host using 'ssh -Y', I get the > > warning: > > > > Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for x11 forwarding > > > > How can I fix this? Live with it. It's just a warning. If it really bothers you then setup xauth. man Xsecurity will give you a quite detailed introduction to the whole X11 authentication schemes. But this is a quite complex task. There have been some threads on the mailing list about this topic (search for md5sum and xauth). bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723