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SSH X11 forwarding hang work around
- From: "Brett Serkez" <bserkez at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:45:13 -0400
- Subject: SSH X11 forwarding hang work around
There have been several posts in regard to the ssh -X/-Y hang, with no
resolution.
A simplistic work around is to simply not use xauth.exe. If the port
that the X server is running on (i.e. 6000 by default) is only
available via localhost, this should be reasonably secure vs.
validating individual connections.
Simply make xauth.exe unavailable with a command like:
mv /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth.exe /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth.exe.nohang
Then forwarding works:
$ ssh -Y target
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.
Last login: Sat Apr 29 07:33:41 2006 from example
$
Brett
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