On 1/13/07, Ag. Hatzimanikas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan a simple verification,regarding X11 forwarding. > > Sshd in order to set up the authentication correctly,uses xauth, > but is looking for the xauth binary in (/usr/X11R6/bin),which obviously > is a problem for those who install X in /usr (the majority I guess). > > As a result I was receiving errors,such "Can't open display" or > slowdowns. > > I found 3 solutions. > a. The configure switch "--with-xauth=/usr/bin/xauth"
Excellent point, this is definitely a bug. I like the above solution and have been using it for a while. The xauth path still gets into the binary (and you set the location) whether you have X installed yet or not. That way, you can build openssh early and still get X forwarding if/when you install X. The only bad part is that people have to figure out where they'll be installing X before they get that far. But at least if we put the option in the book, that might trigger people to look at it again later when they get to that point. Just saying "Optional Dependency xauth" might not accomplish that. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
