Re: PuTTY to OpenSSH via Exceed

From: Drew Myers (bh_ent@hotmail.com)
Date: 03/27/02

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    From: bh_ent@hotmail.com (Drew Myers)
Date: 27 Mar 2002 05:21:36 -0800

    > You say that X forwarding doesn't work, but then you say that you "can
    > launch an xterm" -- implying that it *does* work, at least for that
    > client.

    Ahhh, so I did. Thanks for pointing out my error.

    > When X forwarding works for some programs but not others, it's often due
    > to a problem finding the xauth cookie. E.g. a program which does an "su
    > root" as part of its operation will end up looking at root's .Xauthority
    > file, not yours. Another possible problem are differing statically linked
    > versions of Xlib which try access the display in the wrong manner
    > (e.g. using a unix-domain socket instead of TCP).

    I'm pretty sure that the xauth cookies are being handled correctly, as
    I can use these GUIs correctly if I use Exceed to connect without
    using PuTTY.

    So I guess I should pursue the question of tracking down the
    statically linked Xlib you mentioned on the X newsgroup.

    Thanks for your time!