XWindows & ssh port forward

From: Urie, Todd (TUrie@trueposition.com)
Date: Wed Nov 13 2002 - 11:57:45 EST


I have a problem where ssh port forwarding does not appear to be working
correctly with Xwindows. When I execute 'ssh -X user@server" the user's
DISPLAY variable is not set. In addition, the .Xauthority file does not get
created in the user's home directory, which is probably the source of the
problem. When I attempt to create an .Xauthority file using "xauth" I get a
messge indicating the the .Xauthority file is being created in the proper
directory, but it doesn't show up there.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I have searched 'google' and the Sunmanagers list, to no avail. I will
provide a summary.

Todd Urie
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