Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:54:29 -0500 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh and X11 problem Message-ID: <20081231175429.GB22662@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <1230745308.28408.2.camel@orion> References: <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com> <1230745308.28408.2.camel@orion>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:41:48PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: > On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 12:35 -0500, stan wrote: > > I just built a new 7.1 machine, and when I ssh from a Linux box to it I get > > the following errors: > > > > usr/local/bin/xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "unix:10.0" in "remove" > > command > > /usr/local/bin/xauth: (stdin):2: bad display name "unix:10.0" in "add" > > command > > > > And I cannit get ssh to foward the X protocol. Yes I have added > > > > ForwardX11 yes to /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > I assume you have xserver on the FreeBSD box? Check your display name. > I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be 'hostname:0:0'. > Perhaps I was not clear. Yes I do have the X server running on the FreeBSD machine, but that should not matter, as I am ssh'ing _from_ the Linux box which does have a working X server on it also, and can ssh to other machines and get X fowarded corectly. -- One of the main causes of the fall of the roman empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20081231175429.GB22662>