jnestor
10-23-2001, 11:42 AM
I have a new server - redhat 7.1
Whenever I ssh into the machine from a xterm at work I get:
ssh: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: No such file or directory
It's not anything in my username's profile and I can't find it anywhere in the etc/bashrc, etc/profile or etc/profile.d files.
Anyone have any ideas on what could be calling this?
valkaryn
10-23-2001, 01:31 PM
You have to specifically enable the X window server service and configure the Xauth file service for the host(s) that are permitted to contact it. Just FYI, X windows over an internet connection has severe security problems. At least, make certain if you go forward with X windows that you clearly define the hosts permitted to speak to it. Redhat has several resources available to assist you in properly configuring your xserver services.
jnestor
10-26-2001, 03:14 PM
I'm not trying to enable x windows. I really have no desire to use it across the internet.
I'm a work where we use x windows to communicate between our pc's and our servers. For some reason when I ssh from the server at work to my web server I get that xauth message. It's like something on my server is detecting that my term type is xterm and trying to run something because of that. Note that I'm not trying to open an xterm on the web server. It's a simple ssh connection.
I suppose an answer is to install an ssh client on my PC here at work and go directly from there to my web server. Seems like I shouldn't have to do that though. The defualt installation is trying to be too smart. I already disabled the stupid colorized ls thing that it was doing but I can't figure out where it's trying to do xterm stuff.