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Re: Warning: No xauth data
Jon TURNEY wrote:
> Chuck wrote:
>> Started getting this warning on ssh sessions that forward X11 after
>> upgrading to the new X11 package yesterday. I forward X11 on all ssh
>> connections via a line in ~/.ssh/ssh_config.
>
> Hmmm.... it seems that ssh needs to run xauth to do connection forwarding, but
> is still trying to use /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth, rather than /usr/bin/xauth (and
> prints a slightly misleading message in this case)
>
> In which case, until that is corrected somehow, you might add the following
> line to your ~/.ssh/config and see if that improves matters
>
> XAuthLocation=/usr/bin/Xauth
>
Already tried that. It introduces yet another warning:
Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated
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