openssh 1.2.1. pre25 and X11 forward

[Nigel Metheringham]

noel at koethe.net said:
> My problem is that X11 forwarding doesn't work. 

On the remote machine (through ssh connection), check the value of the 
DISPLAY environment variable, and also the IP address that the name in 
that variable maps to (through /etc/hosts or DNS).  If the name is  
resolves to 127.0.0.1 then the X server seems to put the data through a 
local unix socket rather than a inet socket - which also appears to 
need different authentication.

Workround is to make sure that the DISPLAY name maps to a non-loopback 
IP address or even 127.0.0.2

	Nigel.
-- 
[ - Opinions expressed are personal and may not be shared by VData - ]
[ Nigel Metheringham                  Nigel.Metheringham at VData.co.uk ]
[ Phone: +44 1423 850000                         Fax +44 1423 858866 ]