On Sunday 14 October 2007, Alex Schuster wrote: > Then I looked at the configs again, and in the man page for ssh_config I > finally found this: > XAuthLocation > Specifies the full pathname of the xauth(1) program. The > default is /usr/openwin/bin/xauth. > > /usr/openwin? I added "XAuthLocation /usr/bin/xauth" to the > client's /etc/ssh/ssh_config, and now all was fine. Even without the X use > flag. > > Looking at a gentoo box I did not update for a while, I see the man page > there tells the default location is /usr/bin/xauth. Okay, now I know this > change is responsible. But why aren't forum and this list flooded with > people experiencing the same problem as me?
Perhaps because most use vanilla ssh to manage servers? I have every now and then used an ssh tunnel to forward VNC connections, but that is exceptional as far as my usage of ssh goes. -- Regards, Mick
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