xorg 7.2 install and remote ssh

Sam Baskinger sbaskinger at lumeta.com
Thu May 24 17:46:42 UTC 2007


I would suggest using the ssh config option for /etc/ssh/sshd_conf.

XAuthLocation /usr/local/bin/xauth

My 2c. :)

Sam


Henri-Pierre Charles wrote:
> Hello list, I did an xorg 7.2 upgrade
> (My way is to pkg_delete -a then do a lot of pkg_add -r  on 
> package-6-stable)
> 
> The upgrade was ok. But I was unable to invoque an X client
> remotely via ssh.
> 
> Sympthom : ssh -v fail wiith a message "debug1: Remote: No xauth
> program; cannot forward with spoofing."
> 
> I did little research :
> e:~/>strings /usr/bin/ssh |grep xauth
> ../..
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth
> ../...
> 
> Oh damnit ssh is not aware that /usr/X11R6 is now /usr/local ! :-(
> Bug ?
> 
> Turn around:  cd /usr/X11R6/bin/; sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/xauth
> 
> H-P Charles
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