Need help with ssh -X error message.
Alexander Gottwald
Alexander.Gottwald@s1999.tu-chemnitz.de
Thu Dec 26 19:24:00 GMT 2002
Booker wrote:
> Aloha,
>
> When I connect to server using ssh -X ... I can log in fine, but when I
> log in an error message is displayed:
>
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11
^^^^^^^^^^
> forwarding.
>
> but I continue with my log in and get into my shell. I can run xclients
> fine and they tunnel back over the ssh connection. But I am confused as
> to why I get that error message and everything still works.
It's not an error. It's a warning. By default the xserver is not setup to
use the authentication cookies. ssh normally uses these cookies. But if none
is set, ssh will print this warning
bye
ago
NP: grauzone.02-12-23
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