No xauth data.

[Harold L Hunt II]

Cliff,

I can tell you that the warning is like ssh telling you that the sky is 
blue: it is telling you that a certain feature is not supported by your 
ssh client.  This can be ignored, but search the mailing list archives 
if you want more information about what the message means.

Harold

Cliff Stanford wrote:
> I have a tiny problem with ssh.
> 
> I run:
> 
> ssh -X -T -f twin /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -sb -sl 1000 -rightbar -ls
> 
> and get the line:
> 
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
> 
> Clearly I'm missing something.  But if I run the same thing from a Linux 
> machine which share the same home directory (mounted via samba), I get 
> no warning.
> 
> Could anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks,
> Cliff.