Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hello,

trying ssh to aix 5.305 I get the following error:
**
debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
debug1: Requesting authentication agent forwarding.
debug1: Remote: No xauth program; cannot forward with spoofing.
**

X11.apps.config 5.3.0.50 COMMITTED AIXwindows Configuration

is installed with xauth at /usr/bin/X11/xauth.

settings in /etc/ssh/ :
sshd_config:X11Forwarding yes
sshd_config:X11UseLocalhost no
Any hints ?

Regards
Mark
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

some recent Versions of the openssh package for aix come with unreasonable defaults:

$ strings $(which sshd)|grep xauth
...
/usr/contrib/bin/xauth
Adding this line to /etc/ssh/sshd_config should solve it:
XAuthLocation /usr/bin/X11/xauth
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Thank you,
that solved the problem.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

When I added that to my sshd_config file, it still didn't work. I had to either create a ~/.ssh/config file with the XAuthLocation variable or link /usr/bin/X11/xauth to /usr/contrib/bin/xauth. Was I supposed to edit any other variables in the sshd_config file (Other than to allow forwarding) ?
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

editing sshd_config and restarting (or sending a SIGHUP to) the sshd Process should be enough.

Regards
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