X11Forwarding needs xorg-x11-xauth - Revision history

Hutch at 15:28, 11 February 2009

Hutch — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:28:27 GMT

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	$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''		$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''

-	* Install the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency.	+	* Install the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency ('''libXmu''').
	# '''yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth'''		# '''yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth'''

Hutch at 14:38, 29 May 2008

Hutch — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:38:11 GMT

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	* Install the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency.		* Install the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency.
-	# '''yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth'''	+	# '''yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth'''

	* Login to the system with X11 forwarding enabled.		* Login to the system with X11 forwarding enabled.

Hutch at 14:37, 29 May 2008

Hutch — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:37:57 GMT

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-	In this example on a RHEL 5 system, X11Forwarding is enabled in ''/etc/ssh/sshd_config'', but cookie-based access will not work until the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency is installed.	+	In this example on a RHEL 5 system, X11Forwarding is enabled in ''/etc/ssh/sshd_config'', but cookie-based access will not work until the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency (libXmu) are installed.

	$ '''grep X11Forwarding /etc/ssh/sshd_config'''		$ '''grep X11Forwarding /etc/ssh/sshd_config'''
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	$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''		$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''

-		+	* Install the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency.
-	# '''yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth'''	+	# '''yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth'''

		+	* Login to the system with X11 forwarding enabled.
	/usr/bin/xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority		/usr/bin/xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
	$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''		$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''

Hutch at 14:36, 29 May 2008

Hutch — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:36:21 GMT

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	$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''		$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''
		+

	# '''yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth'''		# '''yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth'''

Hutch: New page: In this example on a RHEL 5 system, X11Forwarding is enabled in ''/etc/ssh/sshd_config'', but cookie-based access will not work until the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency is...

Hutch — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:35:55 GMT

New page: In this example on a RHEL 5 system, X11Forwarding is enabled in ''/etc/ssh/sshd_config'', but cookie-based access will not work until the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency is...

New page

In this example on a RHEL 5 system, X11Forwarding is enabled in ''/etc/ssh/sshd_config'', but cookie-based access will not work until the '''xorg-x11-xauth''' package and its dependency is installed.

$ '''grep X11Forwarding /etc/ssh/sshd_config'''
X11Forwarding yes

$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''

# '''yum -y install xorg-x11-xauth'''

/usr/bin/xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
$ '''echo $DISPLAY'''
localhost:10.0

== Links ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_authorization X Window authorization]