Re: No xauth data; using fake authentication data
Re: No xauth data; using fake authentication data
- Subject: Re: No xauth data; using fake authentication data
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:05:11 -0700
On Mar 23, 2010, at 09:59, Doug Carter wrote:
> The workaround is to find the display number X is using, in my case ":3"
> and set the DISPLAY variable to it:
>
> export DISPLAY=:3
>
> After making these changes, the warning message goes away.
Please don't do that.
The message is benign. Just ignore it.
The reason for this message is that when making the connection, the ssh client checks xauth for authentication information for your $DISPLAY. Assuming it is set, it then passes that along to your session on the remote system.
Using the launchd socket, there is no match in ~/.Xauthority. That is by design. The launchd socket is only accessible by you as designed by launchd. As such, there is no need to create an entry in ~/.Xauthority for it nor to authenticate that connection using xauth.
--Jeremy
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