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Re: X11Forward and xauth problems
- From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew at DeFaria dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:27:30 -0700
- Subject: Re: X11Forward and xauth problems
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- References: <mepu7q$9dr$1 at ger dot gmane dot org> <55108046 dot 1070206 at dronecode dot org dot uk>
On 3/23/2015 2:06 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
On 23/03/2015 20:48, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
Normally I just turn on -X (or put X11Forward yes in ~/.ssh/config) but
that usually results in a noticeable delay in logging in and the
following error:
Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not
generated
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11
forwarding.
Firstly, if you don't want these warnings, use ssh -Y.
(By using ssh -X, you are asking for something which the X server can't
give you, hence the warnings. See
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-trusted-untrusted-x11-forwarding
for more details)
Yeah but -Y gives me the same thing:
Adefaria-lt:ssh -Y cm-app-ldev01
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
/usr/bin/xauth: unable to link authority file
/home/adefaria/.Xauthority, use /home/adefaria/.Xauthority-n
Cm-app-ldev01:
/usr/bin/xauth: unable to link authority file
/home/adefaria/.Xauthority, use /home/adefaria/.Xauthority-n
Cm-app-ldev01:
I've asked about this in the past and I think the answer was that the
message was correct but you shouldn't worry about it. If it didn't slow
I'm sorry, I only have a vague memory of this discussion.
me down I probably would just ignore it. But it slows me down. So I ssh
instead without X11Forward turned on then, when I need to run an X
client, I do export DISPLAY=adefaria-lt:0 and make sure that I did an
xhost + there at least once. But now that's broken!
Adefaria-lt:xhost +
access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
Adefaria-lt:ssh cm-app-ldev01
Cm-app-ldev01:export DISPLAY=adefaria-lt:0
Cm-app-ldev01:xclock
Error: Can't open display: adefaria-lt:0
Cm-app-ldev01:
If you want this to work, you will now (since X server 1.17) need to
start the server with the option '-listen tcp'.
Restarted Xwin with -multimonitor and -listen tcp. Now I get:
Adefaria-lt:ssh -Y cm-app-ldev01
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
/usr/bin/xauth: unable to link authority file
/home/adefaria/.Xauthority, use /home/adefaria/.Xauthority-n
Cm-app-ldev01:echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0
Cm-app-ldev01:xclock
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
Error: Can't open display: localhost:10.0
Cm-app-ldev01:
[1] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2015-02/msg00026.html
[2]
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html#using-remote-apps-telnet
[3]
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-remote-clients-cant-connect
[4] https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2015-02/msg00051.html
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Andrew DeFaria
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