Re: ssh/sshd: path to xauth vs. X11R7

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:30:27 +0200 (CEST)
Hubert Feyrer <hubert%feyrer.de@localhost> wrote:

> 
> when building with MKXORG=yes, paths to xauth and ssh-askpass are 
> hardcoded to /usr/X11R6 (see src/crypto/dist/ssh/pathnames.h).
> The patch below fixes this, but I'm unsure if touching
> src/crypto/dist/ssh is an option. If not, what else can we do?
> 
We clearly need to fix that.  However, might we be better off changing
it to /usr/X11, and making that a symlink to /usr/X11R7?  That will
make life easier N years hence, when we upgrade to /usr/X11R8.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb