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On Sunday 14 October 2007, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> Then I looked at the configs again, and in the man page for ssh_config I |
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> finally found this: |
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> XAuthLocation |
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> Specifies the full pathname of the xauth(1) program. The |
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> default is /usr/openwin/bin/xauth. |
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> /usr/openwin? I added "XAuthLocation /usr/bin/xauth" to the |
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> client's /etc/ssh/ssh_config, and now all was fine. Even without the X use |
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> flag. |
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> Looking at a gentoo box I did not update for a while, I see the man page |
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> there tells the default location is /usr/bin/xauth. Okay, now I know this |
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> change is responsible. But why aren't forum and this list flooded with |
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> people experiencing the same problem as me? |
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Perhaps because most use vanilla ssh to manage servers? I have every now and |
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then used an ssh tunnel to forward VNC connections, but that is exceptional |
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as far as my usage of ssh goes. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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