Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:25:54 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Benjamin Lutz <mail@maxlor.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh X11 forwarding and X.org 7.2 Message-ID: <20070522192553.GA99518@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200705222120.42407.mail@maxlor.com> References: <200705222120.42407.mail@maxlor.com>
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On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:20:38PM +0200, Benjamin Lutz wrote: > Hello, > > Since X.org is no longer located in /usr/X11R6, ssh X11 forwarding is > broken since ssh no longer finds xauth. Only if you didn't follow the directions (hint: /usr/X11R6 should be a symlink ;-) > This can be fixed by manually > setting XAuthLocation in sshd_config. But could some committer also > change the paths in /usr/src/crypto/openssh accordingly so the new > location becomes the default? Thanks! This and other things should be fixed over time, but there are thousands of them in ports (including some binary applications that would require a new build from the vendors) so it will be a multi-year effort at best, and in practise probably something we'll have to carry around forever. Kris
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