On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, Eddy Ilg wrote: > Hi, > > I have a working cygwin xserver installed. When trying to connect to a > remote machine I always get the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > xterm & > [1] 2184 # works fine > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > ssh -Y -l eddy 10.189.87.1 > Password: > Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. # > !!!!!!!!!!!! <-Whats this? > Linux amadillo 2.4.27-2-686 #1 Wed Nov 30 21:55:37 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > .... > Last login: Sun Mar 12 14:58:40 2006 from 10.189.87.2 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > xterm > Xt error: Can't open display: > DISPLAY is not set > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > > > xauth list does the following: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > xauth list > xauth: creating new authority file /h/.Xauthority > > But the file /h/.Xauthority is not created! > > Any ideas what I am doing wrong? What could cause the message "Warning: > No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding."?
You're seeing two unrelated symptoms: the "No xauth data" message, and the "DISPLAY is not set" problem. The former is just a warning you get from ssh -- Googling for it produces a bunch of descriptions and fix recipes (in fact, someone posted one to this list earlier this year). The latter is actually your problem. It could be that the X forwarding is disabled on the server. Try "ssh -Y -vvv", and see what it gives you... HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/