ssh -X remote does not work due to problem with xauth

[Matthias Apitz]

El día Wednesday, May 09, 2018 a las 01:10:53PM +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith escribió:

> On Wed, 9 May 2018 12:47:00 +0200
> Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> wrote:
> 
> > When I launch 'ssh -X remote host' to get X11 forwarded to my workstation
> > this does not work, i.e. does not produce a DISPLAY env on the remote
> > host and says:
> > 
> > $ ssh -X apitzm at srap16dxr1
> > Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not
> > generated Last login: Wed May  9 12:37:17 2018 from 10.49.8.33
> > apitzm at srap16dxr1:~>
> 
> ...
> 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> 	Possible workaround - ssh -Y.

I know (and I use it). But the problem should be solved.

	matthias

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