On 10/29/11 12:58 AM, John Hodrien wrote: > Yes, it's definitely possible to install without it. I've done the same as > you when setting up servers and had to add xauth afterwards to get remote X > working. It's a real gotcha for people who don't know about it, as other than > DISPLAY not being set, nothing leaps out at you to say it's because xauth > isn't installed. It'd be quite nice if default ssh emitted a warning message > about this at a non-debug level. well, there's the subtle clue that the first time you log onto a particular account with X forwarding, xauth prints a message about saving the .Xauth file.... -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast