On Sunday 14 October 2007, Alex Schuster wrote:

> Then I looked at the configs again, and in the man page for ssh_config I
> finally found this:
>      XAuthLocation
>              Specifies the full pathname of the xauth(1) program.  The
>              default is /usr/openwin/bin/xauth.
>
> /usr/openwin? I added "XAuthLocation /usr/bin/xauth" to the
> client's /etc/ssh/ssh_config, and now all was fine. Even without the X use
> flag.
>
> Looking at a gentoo box I did not update for a while, I see the man page
> there tells the default location is /usr/bin/xauth. Okay, now I know this
> change is responsible. But why aren't forum and this list flooded with
> people experiencing the same problem as me?

Perhaps because most use vanilla ssh to manage servers?  I have every now and 
then used an ssh tunnel to forward VNC connections, but that is exceptional 
as far as my usage of ssh goes.
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Regards,
Mick