Booker wrote: > Aloha, > > When I connect to server using ssh -X ... I can log in fine, but when I > log in an error message is displayed: > > Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 ^^^^^^^^^^ > forwarding. > > but I continue with my log in and get into my shell. I can run xclients > fine and they tunnel back over the ssh connection. But I am confused as > to why I get that error message and everything still works.
It's not an error. It's a warning. By default the xserver is not setup to use the authentication cookies. ssh normally uses these cookies. But if none is set, ssh will print this warning bye ago NP: grauzone.02-12-23 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723