Hi myglc2,

myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com> skribis:

> On the client, ssh produces ...
>
> 'X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0'
>
> On the headless server (g1) in /var/log/messages ...
>
> Jul 21 12:24:51 localhost lshd[381]: lshd: Failed to cd to `/tmp/.X11-unix' (errno = 2): No such file or directory 
> Jul 21 12:24:51 localhost lshd[381]: lshd: Updating utmp for login failed (errno = 2): No such file or directory 
>
> With this workaround ...
>
> sudo mkdir /tmp/.X11-unix
> sudo chmod 777 /tmp/.X11-unix
>
> ... if I log out and back in X11 forwarding "works"

I believe this is a bug in lshd fixed by something along the lines of
the attached patch.

Niels, what do you think?

(Strangely I can’t find equivalent code in OpenSSH.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.