Hi, You can use ssh -Y
Also you might want to check the authentication on X using: xauth list You can also clean the X authentication list using xauth remove (name): man xauth is your friend. Hetz On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:08 PM, ronys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've a subcontractor who ssh's in to our gateway via 'ssh -X gateway', and > from there to other machines on our site, e.g., 'gateway% ssh -X target'. > > This used to work fine, allowing the user to run X apps on the target and > display them on his machine. > > Recently, attempts to connect to the target fail with: > gateway% ssh -X target > x11_request_forwarding: bad authentication data: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 > > Running ssh with -vvvvv wasn't much help, adding only the following: > debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/bin/X11/xauth list unix:10.0 2>/dev/null > debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing. > x11_request_forwarding: bad authentication data: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 > > - Without '-X', the ssh to target works fine. > > Any ideas? Recent changes include aptitude upgrade, and I'm reluctant to > mess around with the gateway's setup too drastically. > > Rony > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
