MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1 problem

[Alexander Gottwald]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, aroushdi wrote:

> I have a queer problem , and i would like have an explanation :
> on certain linux machies , i can telent , ftp however  i get the 
> following when logging to linux05 xxx.1.100.139 all addresseses resolve 
> properly :
> 
> the commmand line to fire
> xwin :20 -query linux05 -from xxx.1.100.216
> 
> 
> AUDIT: Mon Feb 28 13:41:39 2005: 2172 xwin: client 1 rejected from IP 
> xxx.1.100.139
>    Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
> AUDIT: Mon Feb 28 13:41:51 2005: 2172 xwin: client 1 rejected from IP 
> xxx.1.100.139
> 
> I am using XDMCP and the amazing thing is that from other machines other 
> than 139 i can get the xdm

This is most likely a problem with DNS name resolution. 
Check http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-audit-client-rejected

bye
	ago
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