Re: Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.

[Agile Aspect <agile aspect gmail com>]

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I am using Fedora 9 on an IA64 workstation. When I ssh -X to another 
> host, the ssh authentication succeeds in under a second, but the X11 
> authentication takes about 20 seconds and issues the warning:
> Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 
> forwarding.

It could be a name resolution issue, for example,  a DNS issue.

I'm presuming you compared the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file on
Fedora 9 machine with the other hosts.


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