X11 forwarding problem -- openssh-3.5p1 -- redhat 8.0 -- linux 2.4.18

[Darren Tucker]

Jim Prewett wrote:
> I'm working on upgrading a machine from RH 6.2 to RH 8.0.  I've
> encountered one major (for me) snag in that I cannot get X11 forwarding to
> work anymore.

Make sure your hosts file contains "127.0.0.1 localhost" or equivalent,
or set "X11UseLocalhost no" in sshd_config.  Recent version of sshd will
attempt to bind to "localhost" and it may not be able to resolve that.

If that doesn't help, try stracing sshd to find out why the find()
fails.

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