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On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:41:14AM -0700, Predrag Punosevac sez: > >On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 02:46:41AM -0700, Predrag Punosevac sez: > > > >>Denny White wrote: > >>>For the last couple of days I've tried everything I can think of to > >>>make XForwarding work with ssh. As per the FAQ, I have set it like so: > >>> > >>> > >>>In sshd_config > >>> > >>>X11Forwarding yes > >>> > >>> > >>>In ssh_config > >>> > >>>ForwardAgent yes > >>>ForwardX11 yes > >>> > >>>I can use it passably well in one direction from a box across the > >>>room to the one I do most of my work on. But, when I try it from > >>>this box to the one across the room, I get the xauth error message > >>>along with all typed characters doubled on the screen. I went ahead > >>>anyway and typed 'display somefile.jpg' just to see what I'd get & > >>>got this: > >>> > >>>Xlib: connection to "localhost:10.0" refused by server > >>>Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key > >>>display: unable to open X server `localhost:10.0'. > >>> > >>>I've read the man page on xauth(1) and experimented with its > >>>commands. I've even wiped out the .Xauthority file on both boxes > >>>and restarted X, to no avail. Possibly I should mention too, that > >>>I boot on both boxes to a xdm login. I don't know if that would > >>>have any bearing on the problem or not. Thanks for any help I > >>>can get on this. > >>> > >>What happens when you try to do the following? > >> > >> > >>Try to do remote login with as follows > >>ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > >I get this: > > > >Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 > >forwarding. > > > >And, everything I type at the prompt is doubled. > > > > > >>you should be now in the shell on the remote host > >> > >>try to start x client like xdvi or xfig or something like emacs by > >>typing xdvi > >> > >>If xdvi pops up that means that the client is running on the remote host > >>but it is displayer on the local X server > >> > > > >Okay, if after getting in I try to open something like xzgv, I get: > > > >Xlib: connection to "localhost:10.0" refused by server > > > Ok you do have a permission problem > > Read carefully man pages for sshd_config file . You need to uncomment > few lines for X tunneling. > You can also look at the "Secure Architectures with OpenBSD" section > about OpenSSH. > > I do not think that the problem is with X server though. > Best, > Predrag > Yes, you were right. Operator error, it was the nut holding the steering wheel as usual. :-) > > > >Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key > > > >Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0 > > > >Like I said earlier, I read the man page too on xauth & tried > >sending > > > >xauth extract - $DISPLAY | rsh otherhost xauth merge - > > > >but it doesn't appear to help. I still get the error messages > >and double typed characters. > > > > 4AM, but that's okay. Problem solved. Had previously done some experimenting around with ~/.profile and ~/.kshrc when I'd been having history file problems in ksh. As soon as I reverted back to my old ~/.profile instead of the newer short one that just exported HISTSIZE, HISTFILE, and ENV=$HOME/.kshrc the XForwarding problem disappeared. Don't try this at home, kids, especially at 4AM when you're not only old and senile, but tired as hell too. :-) -- Denny White All messages scanned by ClamAssassin http://jameslick.com/clamassassin/ =============================================================== GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A =============================================================== iD8DBQFHx9lIy0Ty5RZE55oRAnlYAJ90xDGjlb9tX1csjPP/LQeEksc7BgCfRxZl +jA3v5SXg6qlmaR/IEC2vIQ= =efps -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
