[ale] x prob.

[Jerry Z. Yu]

	make sure you have 'xauth' program installed. As of RedHat 7.3, it 
is part of XFree86-4.2.0-8. I believe xauth was seperated to its own 
package on newer release.

 On 8 Apr 2003, Christopher Fowler wrote:

#add -v and see what it says.  I have one server that will not give me X
#programs.  Everyone else does
#
#root at 192.168.1.1's password: 
#debug1: packet_send2: adding 32 (len 18 padlen 14 extra_pad 64)
#debug1: ssh-userauth2 successful: method password
#debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
#debug1: send channel open 0
#debug1: Entering interactive session.
#debug1: ssh_session2_setup: id 0
#debug1: channel request 0: pty-req
#debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
#debug1: channel request 0: x11-req
#debug1: channel request 0: shell
#debug1: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY
#debug1: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
#debug1: Remote: No xauth program; cannot forward with spoofing.
#Last login: Tue Apr  8 10:22:06 2003 from 192.168.2.8
#[root at cfowler root]# 
#
#Problem:
#debug1: Remote: No xauth program; cannot forward with spoofing.
#
#On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 08:07, Joe wrote:
#> Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> writes:
#> 
#> > export DISPLAY
#> > 
#> > Maybe that is it.
#> 
#> No, Izzie is clearly using csh (right, Izzie?).
#> 
#> > But,  you should try 'ssh -CX2 <ip>' , then run your x app.  Everything
#> > is setup for you.  You'll never go back to telnet.
#> 
#> That's probably true, if forwarding X over ssh actually works for you.
#> I have never, not once, gotten it to work. X11Forwarding is "yes" in
#> sshd_config on the server, I pass the "-X" option to ssh, but when I
#> log in:
#> 
#> $ xterm
#> Can't open display ""
#> $ echo $DISPLAY
#> 
#> $
#> 
#> WTF?
#> 
#> -- Joe Knapka
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Jerry Z. Yu				+1-404-487-8544 (O)
systems engineer			z.yu at voicecom.com
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