Re: ssh -X or -Y gives error
Re: ssh -X or -Y gives error
- Subject: Re: ssh -X or -Y gives error
- From: Mike Beattie <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:26:46 +1300
- Thread-topic: ssh -X or -Y gives error
On 3/11/07 10:11 PM, "Ben Byer" <email@hidden> wrote:
> (Technical explanation: We had to disable launchd support with xauth
> because there's a race condition where the first X client that caused
> X11 to start would try to read ~/.Xauthority at the same time the
> newly-started Xquartz was writing it. Since we can assume that only
> the local user on the local machine has access to the launchd-created
> socket, we can safely bypass xauth authentication for that case.)
*bingo*. After a successful server start, and after it's exited, there's
still a .Xauthority file sticking around. Starting a new X client will read
that file, and get the wrong auth details, if the server writes the file
again.. Maybe. (plucking at straws here) Why it is that the auth query from
an ssh session tends to fail more than a local xterm invocation is another
question.
Mike.
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Mike Beattie <email@hidden>
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