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 15:26:23 -0700
Yes, I noticed this as well while working on a fix. I suggest using XauthLocation for both /etc/ssh_config and /etc/sshd_config. Sorry for the inconvenience.
--Jeremy
On Jul 27, 2012, at 13:05, Martin Costabel <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 27/07/12 18:28, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote:
> []
>> Ok, I think that explains the issue then.
>>
>> In Mountain Lion, we got rid of X11. As part of that, we provided a
>> stub X11.app and /usr/X11/bin which would cause a notification to be
>> presented to the user. ssh used to execute /usr/X11/bin/xauth (which
>> would cause the notification to be displayed whenever a user ssh'd to a
>> remote system). This was replaced by searching $PATH for xauth (see
>> ssh_config(5)). This works fine on the client side, but it looks like it
>> has an issue on the server side because /opt/X11/bin isn't in the
>> server's $PATH.
>
> It doesn't quite work on the client side either. I do have xauth in my PATH, as /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth (which is the same as /usr/X11/bin/xauth or /opt/X11/bin/xauth). If I don't put
>
> XauthLocation /opt/X11/bin/xauth
> (or something equivalent)
>
> into /etc/ssh_config, I get from ssh -Y:
>
> debug1: No xauth program.
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
>
> If I put the line into /etc/ssh_config, I don't get these two lines of output.
>
> --
> Martin
>
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