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Old 09-28-2017, 07:40 AM   #1
czater
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Problem with "Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding."


Hello

I installed server on CentOs 6 with Xen and ssh. When I traied connect with my sever from other computer with linux system use comand line "ssh -Y login@host" I got "Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding." I don't have idea where is problem.

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Old 09-29-2017, 12:54 PM   #2
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The link below suggests updating config for ssh either at system level or at user level resolves the issue. I've never seen this warning myself.

https://serverfault.com/questions/42...ation-data-for
 
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Old 10-02-2017, 04:15 AM   #3
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Thanks for Help. I added on client configuration file /etc/ssh/ssh_config this 3 line :

XAuthLocation /usr/bin/xauth
ForwardX11 yes
ForwardX11Trusted yes
 
  


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