[OpenIndiana-discuss] ssh -X mate-terminal error

[Stephan Althaus]

On 4/25/22 20:43, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Apr 2022, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>>
>> This maps to using the option ForwardX11Trusted=yes.
>>
>> According to the Debian ssh manual page:
>>
>>             (Debian-specific: X11 forwarding is not subjected to X11
>>             SECURITY extension restrictions by default, because too
>>             many programs currently crash in this mode.  Set the
>>             ForwardX11Trusted option to “no” to restore the upstream
>>             behaviour.  This may change in future depending on client-
>>             side improvements.)
>>
>> So it appears that Debian added a customization for this case.
>
> I quoted the wrong paragraph (I used the one for -X).  This is the 
> paragraph which was added to the Debian manual page for -Y:
>
>              (Debian-specific: In the default configuration, this option
>              is equivalent to -X, since ForwardX11Trusted defaults to
>              “yes” as described above.  Set the ForwardX11Trusted option
>              to “no” to restore the upstream behaviour.  This may change
>              in future depending on client-side improvements.)
>
> Regardless, it seems that OpenIndiana could include the same default 
> customization that Debian added.  It seems that this customization was 
> added while building OpenSSH rather than by editing a config file.
>
> Bob

Hello!

Thanks for your replies!

The option -Y works for me.

I can't think of something that i could have changed in my config.

i created a testuser and checked ssh -X and got the same error. i will 
try the other direction tomorrow..

Stephan