With ssh, how else can you tunnel X through ssh, but with xauth?
Portforwarding is the only other thing that comes to mind, but it's not a
permanent tunnel is it?
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Austin Gonyou
Systems Architect, CCNA
Coremetrics, Inc.
Phone: 512-796-9023
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hallgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:25 AM
> To: Greg Wooledge
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: I hate xauth
>
>
>
> > On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 08:02:39PM -0500, Tony Mantler wrote:
> >
> > > Authenticated X sessions make me want to kill people.
> >
> > > Please do enlighten me, SSH folk, how do I disable
> authentication on ssh
> > > tunneled X sessions?
>
> If what you mean is "disable password prompt", use certificate auth.
>
>
> mh
>
>
> >
> > Why bother tunneling it through SSH in the first place, if you want
> > to have a total lack of security?
> >
> > > (and no, "don't do that" or "set DISPLAY manually" are
> not appropriate
> > > answers, thanks)
> >
> > Turn on X11 forwarding in both the client and the server and type
> > "ssh otherhostname" and it works automatically.
> >
> > If that's not what you want to hear, then you need to give some more
> > background for your question.
> >
>
