Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 50098
forwarding X connections does not work
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:38:00 EDT
Description of Problem: How Reproducible: 1. first, create /usr/spool/sockets/X11. (sshd is built with wrong path... already in bugzilla). 2. Restart sshd in debug mode so can see what it says. 3. From a client (in this case, a cygwin client), do ssh -l user -X f.q.d.n 4. On client, verify that DISPLAY is set. 5. On client, try to execute an X program, say, xterm. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information:
Created attachment 25108 [details] ssh -ddde output
/usr/spool is not a required directory in Linux, as defined by the File Heirarchy Standard 2.2 located at: http://www.pathname.com/fhs Here is the FHS section on /usr/spool: The following symbolic links to directories may be present. This possibility is based on the need to preserve compatibility with older systems until all implementations can be assumed to use the /var hierarchy. /usr/spool -> /var/spool /usr/tmp -> /var/tmp /usr/spool/locks -> /var/lock Once a system no longer requires any one of the above symbolic links, the link may be removed, if desired. Basically /usr/spool is not a valid directory, however a symlink may exist for compatibility with legacy software, however no such link is required. I use ssh+X11 forwarding every day, and it works ok, so I presume whatever bug may have been in rawhide, was fixed long ago in the final release.