Re: X11 forwarding stops after 10.8 upgrade
Re: X11 forwarding stops after 10.8 upgrade
- Subject: Re: X11 forwarding stops after 10.8 upgrade
- From: Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:42:43 -0700
The /usr/local/bin/xauth symlink doesn't work. Please just use XAuthLocation for now.
--Jeremy
On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Martin Costabel <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> On 27/07/12 17:28, Martin Costabel wrote:
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>>> But this should not be necessary. According to man sshd_config:
>>>
>>> XAuthLocation
>>> Specifies the full pathname of the xauth(1) program. The default
>>> is /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth.
>>>
>>> Something fishy here, at least sshd_config is lying about the default.
>>
>> It becomes clear that the root of the problem is a bug in ssh and in sshd of OSX 10.8: Both /usr/bin/ssh and /usr/sbin/sshd used to have that xauth default hardcoded in the executable. On 10.8, both don't any more.
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> No, they do have the default hardcoded, but the default changed to "xauth" to search $PATH.
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>> To get rid of the warnings and the errors, one needs to include the line
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>> XauthLocation /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth
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> You shouldn't use that path.
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> /usr/X11R6 is *super* legacy (it was deprecated in Leopard).
> /usr/X11 is deprecated in Mountain Lion.
>
> Please use /opt/X11/bin/xauth (or test my proposed fix of a /usr/local/bin/xauth symlink which will land in the next XQuartz).
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
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