I did do "vi" but don't even have SSH loaded AFAIK, so didn't SSH prior to
vi.
But... I tailed -f the file as I logged on, was gonna see if vi was doing
it, and I found that:
I logon, then "su - root" and that's when it generated the error. Something
in root's setup? Where do I remove it? I'm not using X.
Thanks,
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Borho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: /ver/log/secure message help
>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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