On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 02:55:50PM -0400, Burke, Thomas G. wrote:
> Might be that somebody tried to do a remote X, but their box didn't
> have authority set to allow the X connection.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scott.list [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 9:14 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: /ver/log/secure message help
> >
> > Can anyone tell what me what might be causing this to appear in
> > /var/log/secure:
> >
> > May 8 08:03:44 mls5 pam_xauth[22490]: call_xauth: execve failed for
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth
> > May 8 08:03:44 mls5 pam_xauth[22489]: call_xauth: child returned 1
I'll bet $2 that you ssh'd to a machine then tried to vi a file. VIM, if
compiled with X11 support, will try to connect to your X server (through
the ssh link) if the DISPLAY environment variable is set.
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