[clug] SSH + X11 forwarding.

jm jeffm at ghostgun.com
Mon May 18 19:30:41 MDT 2015


This keeps happening to me. I keep forgetting you have to install xauth 
separately.

Also try running "ssh -v" as it can sometimes give you a clue to where 
your stuck if it's not obvious.

There's also the "-Y" option with ssh for X. Not sure of the difference 
between that and "-X".


Jeff.

On 19/05/2015 11:25 am, Andrew Janke wrote:
>
>
> $ ssh -X me at host
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
> ...
> $ xterm
> connect /tmp/.X11-unix/X0: No such file or directory
> xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:11.0
>
>
> ta
>
>
> a



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