der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> writes:
> What's the appropriate bludgeon and where do I apply it to convince
> sshd that I do in fact know what I'm doing, and it should do X
> forwarding?
Well, according to the man page for sshd_config you should adjust
the XAuthLocation option.
[ ... ]
     XAuthLocation
             Specifies the full pathname of the xauth(1) program.  The default
             is /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth.
[ ... ]
					-jarle
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