Package: openssh-server Version: 1:5.3p1-3 Severity: normal Hello,
It now happened several times that I had to tell a colleague that to enable X11 forwarding on a server, he needed to install the xauth program. If the sshd_config(5) paragraph about the X11Forwarding option was mentioning that xauth is needed for proper setup, they would probably have found by themselves, as well as all the other admins who didn't ask somebody else to solve their issue and just gave up or (oh horror) simply used xhost +... Samuel -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.33 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages openssh-server depends on: ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.15.5.6 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcomerr2 1.41.10-1 common error description library ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.8+dfsg~alpha1-7 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k ii libkrb5-3 1.8+dfsg~alpha1-7 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libpam-modules 1.1.1-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam-runtime 1.1.1-2 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.1.1-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libselinux1 2.0.89-4 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8m-2 SSL shared libraries ii libwrap0 7.6.q-18 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii openssh-blacklist 0.4.1 list of default blacklisted OpenSS ii openssh-client 1:5.3p1-3 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec ii procps 1:3.2.8-8 /proc file system utilities ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages openssh-server recommends: ii openssh-blacklist-extra 0.4.1 list of non-default blacklisted Op ii xauth 1:1.0.4-1 X authentication utility Versions of packages openssh-server suggests: pn molly-guard <none> (no description available) pn rssh <none> (no description available) ii ssh-askpass 1:1.2.4.1-9 under X, asks user for a passphras pn ufw <none> (no description available) -- debconf information excluded -- Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> SL> Au fait elle est mieux ma signature maintenant ? Oui. T'enl�ve encore les conneries que t'as �crit dedans et c'est bon. -+- JB in <http://neuneu.mine.nu> : Le neueuttoyage par le vide -+- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
