on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 03:13:34PM -0400, dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:39:27AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > | on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:23:19AM -0400, dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > | > > | > This isn't really Debian related, but I'm having some trouble with X > | > over ssh. I am at a win2k box with XWin32 running (& access control > | > disabled). I use ssh (from cygwin) on that box to login to a FreeBSD > | > box (our webhosting server). The DISPLAY variable is correctly set, > | > but whenever I try to run an X app I get : > | > | It's not clear from what you've posted that: > | > | - You're requesting X forwarding on the client side. > | - You've allowed X forwarding on the server side. > | > | Post your SSH invocation and look at your daemon logs for connection > | attempts on the remote server. > > Ok : > > On the client side I have the following in my ~/.ssh/config > Host redoaksw.com > User redoaksw > ForwardX11 yes > Compression yes > Protocol 2 > > When I login I get : > > $ ssh redoaksw.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: > /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: not found ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This seems to be your problem. From ssh manpage, you may want to set an appropriate XAuthLocation, as the default isn't working.
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