Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:17:42 +0200 From: Albert Shih <Albert.Shih@obspm.fr> To: Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 forwarding problems in FreeBSD 6.2 - no xauth data? Message-ID: <20070711231742.GA49781@pcjas.obspm.fr> In-Reply-To: <200707101441.01594.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> References: <200707090103.49950.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> <200707101441.01594.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
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Le 10/07/2007 à 14:41:01-0700, Pollywog a écrit > On Sunday 08 July 2007 18:03:49 Pollywog wrote: > > I am having some problems with X11 forwarding. I can do X11 forwarding via > > ssh between two machines running Linux, but if I try to do this from > > FreeBSD (KDE) to either of the Linux machines, it only works if I use > > startx to start KDE on the fbsd machine (a laptop). If I start KDE from > > kdm, I get errors that go like this when I start the KDE app on the remote > > host running Linux: pollywog@slider:~$ kate > > Xlib: connection to "localhost:11.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key > > kate: cannot connect to X server localhost:11.0 > > I just did 'ssh' to one of the Linux hosts and when the connection was made, I > got this: > > Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. > > Does this possibly have something to do with the problem I mentioned in my > initial post in this thread? I am going to Google that error and see if I > can find something. Check where is the xauth app on the Linux box, and make strings sshd|grep xauth to check if it's the same path. If don't you need to fix this with XAuthLocation in your sshd_config file on the Linux box Regards. -- Albert SHIH Observatoire de Paris Meudon SIO batiment 15 Heure local/Local time: Jeu 12 jul 2007 01:14:53 CEST
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