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Hi,
I need to get putty working with xforwarding I am getting the following error
Authenticating with public key "imported-openssh-key"
Last login: Sun Nov 1 17:14:22 2015 from -------------
/usr/bin/xauth: file /home/myusername/.Xauthori
I need to get putty working with xforwarding I am getting the following error
Authenticating with public key "imported-openssh-key"
Last login: Sun Nov 1 17:14:22 2015 from -------------
/usr/bin/xauth: file /home/myusername/.Xauthori
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Which X server / command are you trying to start? What is your goal besides enabling X forwarding?
xauth is invoked when X11Forwarding works fine.
That line just confirms everything is well server side.
That line just confirms everything is well server side.
ASKER
my apologies this works fine when I am logged in as the user that connects from putty, it fails when I am logged in as root.
I have figured out the process of getting the magic cookie and sticking it and then getting root to work
How can this work automatically as soon as I do sudo
I have figured out the process of getting the magic cookie and sticking it and then getting root to work
How can this work automatically as soon as I do sudo
What are you doing?
You can open xterm and then sudo.
You can open xterm and then sudo.
It does not work like you imagined.
Running X11 programs as root is very insecure.
You should read "sudoers" manual page on how to preserve $HOME over sudo.
Let me repeat - this venture is really insecure
And you should not automate anything in this regard ever.
Running X11 programs as root is very insecure.
You should read "sudoers" manual page on how to preserve $HOME over sudo.
Let me repeat - this venture is really insecure
And you should not automate anything in this regard ever.
Why not A grade for explaining that there is no problem, it is just how Linux works?
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how can I revert to grade A. I was using my cell to close the question and might have fat fingered something