[PLUG] X Forwarding Problem - Completely Solved

[Casey Bralla <MailList@NerdWorld.org>]

Simple Fix!  I had to restart the sshd daemon in Gentoo.  it all works now.


Thanks for your help!



On Sunday 30 November 2008 4:05:19 pm brent timothy saner wrote:
> Casey Bralla wrote:
> > Stephen, sorry, my last post wasn't clear...  <sigh>
> >
> >
> > Yes, I had set X11Forwarding on in sshd_config.
> > No, I had not ensured xauth was loaded in the remote.
> >
> > I loaded xauth, and it now works for my Debian remote computers.  
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Now, if I could just get my Gentoo remotes systems to do the same thing
> > (and yes, xauth is loaded on them).
>
> are you using ssh -Y or ssh -X on the gentoo boxen?
> the X remote auth system in gentoo is a bit broken/disabled per upstream
> suggestion. more info:
>
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237778
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