Re: Track down problem with access to display 0.0

[Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin redhat com>]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:45:40AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Maybe this other problem regarding ssh I've been noticing is related.
> In past releases I've been able to put the appropriate pub id's in an
> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file and start the ssh-agent while starting X.

How were you doing this?

> Then all my xterms have ssh-agent running.

How are you verifying that?

>                                             In the past that meant when
> I called `xterm -e ssh root localhost' it just started an root xterm
> with no login.  The ssh-agent handled it.
> 
> I've exchanged the pub id's between $user and root
> .ssh/authorized_keys files. and I know it is done right because it works
> to remote hosts where I've put the same authorized_keys file.
> However, when I call ssh root localhost I'm still queried for password.

Hmm.  Works from here.  Does running ssh with the -v flag give any
indication why pubkey authentication fails?  When you're prompted for a
password, is ssh requesting your login password or the passphrase to
your private key?

Nalin