[arch-general] X11 forwarding: X Error: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) 10

[Damjan Georgievski]

>>> Try doing:
>>>
>>> xhost + local:
>>> or
>>> xhost +

Please don't do that!

>> Well, ssh creates the ~/.Xauthority file, you could try setting the
>> XAUTHORITY
>> variable after su-ing to root.
>> So:
>> XAUTHORITY=~USER/.Xauthority
>> export XAUTHORITY

that's not needed either.

>        Here may be something that will help. On my suse box, I can use x11
> forwarding without any problem at all. When the connection is slow, I see a
> small xterm flash with the title 'xdg su' just before the X application
> starts. Maybe that will jog a memory or two.
>
>        Since I have both OS's to compare -- which files are involved in
> handling the authentication for x forwarding? I'll do a side-by-side
> comparison and report back if I can figure out which files to compare --
> thanks.

Check that X11Forwarding is set to yes on the ssh *server*

also check "man sshd" there's a discussion if you have a
 ~/.ssh/rc  or /etc/ssh/sshrc executable file

-- 
damjan