Ubuntu
openssh package

xauth path incorrect

Bug #17836 reported by Hubert Figuiere
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
openssh (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Colin Watson

Bug Description

According to the sshd_config man page:

XAuthLocation
             Specifies the full pathname of the xauth(1) program. The default
is /usr/bin/X11/xauth.

But xauth is in /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth, causing a ssh -X to fail X11 forwarding.

/etc/ssh/sshd_config should be updated in the package for that.

Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

openssh (1:4.1p1-2ubuntu2) breezy; urgency=low

  * Set path of xauth to /usr/bin/xauth instead of /usr/bin/X11/auth.

 -- Jeff Bailey <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:43:56 +0000

Also, /usr/bin/X11 is being / has been fixed; this was only ever a temporary
problem.

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