In linux you should have installed xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.2-4 for X11forward to work. There is a similar package on solaris ? On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:49 PM, Jeff Blaine <jblaine@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm really scratching my head on this one. The server > is running OpenSSH 5.1p1 on Solaris 9. The authentication > is via PAM if that matters. > > # grep X11 sshd_config | sed '/^#/D' > X11Forwarding yes > X11DisplayOffset 10 > X11UseLocalhost yes > # > > Now I attach to my 'master' sshd and follow all children > to look for any evidence of "DISPLAY": > > # truss -f -a -e -p 14923 2>&1 | grep DISPLAY > > I then fire up ssh -X from a client machine, login, and > truss reports nothing. > > If I perform the EXACT same test against stock Solaris 9 > sshd (also authenticating against PAM), DISPLAY shows up > (in truss and in the shell) and X11 forwarding works fine. > > Any ideas? >
