SSH Frequently Asked Questions

I'm using OpenSSH on the server side, and X forwarding is working fine for me... except that linuxconf won't forward, while other X clients will.

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linuxconf seems to clear the environment before running subprocesses; when it calls /bin/remadmin, XAUTHORITY is no longer set, so the X-based front end that remadmin starts doesn't find the proxy xauth key.

A quick solution is just cp $XAUTHORITY ~/.Xauthority before starting linuxconf.