Xauthority files on Redhat AS

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:51:05AM -0400, Neil Watson wrote:
> I have several Redhat AS3 servers.  When I log in via ssh -Y, some
> systems create a .Xauthorty file while other don't.  All systems have
> the XFree86-xauth rpm installed.  What triggers the creation of the
> .Xauthority file?

Did you mean ssh -X?  I have never used -Y, although it appears similar.

I believe it requires that 'xauth' be available in the path on the
remote system or it won't setup any of the X stuff.

For example on debian you need xbase-clients installed to have
/usr/bin/xauth, which ssh requires to setup X forwarding on the remote
end.

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