Re: Warning: No xauth data - ssh looking for xauth in wrong location?

[Chuck <chuckh1958 at gmail dot com>]

Chuck wrote:
> Started getting this warning on ssh sessions that forward X11 after
> upgrading to the new X11 package yesterday. I forward X11 on all ssh
> connections via a line in ~/.ssh/ssh_config. I don't really understand
> X11 security (and never needed to up until now). Can someone please tell
> me how to fix this warning or point me to a resource that explains what
> it is and how to fix it? Google returned about 50 million hits and all
> I've found so far is messages from other people either asking the same
> question, or saying to just ingore it. I'm not the type who likes to
> just ignore a warning if it can be fixed properly.

Found this setting in the man page for ssh_config: XAuthLocation. It
defaults to /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth which is the *OLD* location for the
xauth program. I installed the new xauth program which gets placed in
/usr/bin, and added the following line to my ~/.ssh/config file...

XAuthLocation   /usr/bin/xauth

Now when I connect to a remote host with X11 forwarding on I get this
warning...

Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated

Would appreciate any help in getting rid of these annoying warnings. Thanks.


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