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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] ssh, X11 forwarding not working (CentOS 6.3)

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] ssh, X11 forwarding not working (CentOS 6.3)
  • From: Martin Hicks <mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 11:58:08 -0400
nevermind.  I didn't see your sshd_config excerpt

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Martin Hicks <mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org> wrote:

> check that /etc/ssh/sshd_config has "X11Forwarding yes" set.
>
> mh
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Steve La Rocque <slarocque [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone.  For years, I've been using ssh -X just fine to connect to
>> our various remote machines and interact with X applications on the
>> remote machines via the display in front of me, but recently I installed
>> a fresh CentOS 6.3 x64 on real hardware and it isn't working.  The
>> DISPLAY environment variable is never populated on the connected session
>> and even manually setting it fails.
>>
>> "hope" is my local machine, "dy" is an established CentOS 5.x machine
>> that works fine and "dz" is the problematic one.
>>
>> dz was installed with "X Windows System" and indeed on the console, X
>> works just fine and I have a Gnome desktop too.
>>
>>     [larocque@hope ~]$ echo $DISPLAY
>>     :0
>>     [larocque@hope ~]$
>>     [larocque@hope ~]$ ssh -Xvv root [ at ] dz [ dot ] cms [ dot ] math [ dot ] ca
>>     OpenSSH_5.6p1, OpenSSL 1.0.0j-fips 10 May 2012
>>     debug1: Reading configuration data /home/larocque/.ssh/config
>>     debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
>>     debug1: Applying options for *
>>     debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
>>     debug1: Connecting to dz.cms.math.ca [10.5.7.201] port 22.
>>     debug1: Connection established.
>>     debug1: identity file /home/larocque/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
>>     debug1: identity file /home/larocque/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
>>     debug1: identity file /home/larocque/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
>>     debug1: identity file /home/larocque/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type -1
>>     debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version
>> OpenSSH_5.3
>>     debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3 pat OpenSSH*
>>     debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
>>     debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.6
>>     debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
>>     debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
>>     debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>
>> diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>     ssh-rsa-cert-v01 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,ssh-dss-cert-v01 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,
>> ssh-rsa-cert-v00 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,ssh-dss-cert-v00 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>
>> aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,
>> rijndael-cbc [ at ] lysator [ dot ] liu [ dot ] se
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>
>> aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,
>> rijndael-cbc [ at ] lysator [ dot ] liu [ dot ] se
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>     hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,hmac-ripemd160,
>> hmac-ripemd160 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>     hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,hmac-ripemd160,
>> hmac-ripemd160 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,zlib
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,zlib
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>
>> diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>
>> aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,
>> rijndael-cbc [ at ] lysator [ dot ] liu [ dot ] se
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>
>> aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,
>> rijndael-cbc [ at ] lysator [ dot ] liu [ dot ] se
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>     hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,hmac-ripemd160,
>> hmac-ripemd160 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>     hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,hmac-ripemd160,
>> hmac-ripemd160 [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit:
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: first_kex_follows 0
>>     debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: reserved 0
>>     debug2: mac_setup: found hmac-md5
>>     debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
>>     debug2: mac_setup: found hmac-md5
>>     debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
>>     debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
>>     debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
>>     debug2: dh_gen_key: priv key bits set: 129/256
>>     debug2: bits set: 513/1024
>>     debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
>>     debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
>>     debug1: Host 'dz.cms.math.ca' is known and matches the RSA host key.
>>     debug1: Found key in /home/larocque/.ssh/known_hosts:153
>>     debug2: bits set: 533/1024
>>     debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct
>>     debug2: kex_derive_keys
>>     debug2: set_newkeys: mode 1
>>     debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent
>>     debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS
>>     debug2: set_newkeys: mode 0
>>     debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received
>>     debug1: Roaming not allowed by server
>>     debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent
>>     debug2: service_accept: ssh-userauth
>>     debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received
>>     debug2: key: general ssh key for larocque at CMS
>>     (larocque [ at ] cms [ dot ] math [ dot ] ca) (0x7f599d07efb0)
>>     debug2: key: /home/larocque/.ssh/id_rsa ((nil))
>>     debug2: key: /home/larocque/.ssh/id_dsa ((nil))
>>     debug1: Authentications that can continue:
>>     publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,password
>>     debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-keyex
>>     debug1: No valid Key exchange context
>>     debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
>>     debug1: Next authentication method: gssapi-with-mic
>>     debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more
>>     information
>>     Credentials cache file '/tmp/krb5cc_500' not found
>>
>>     debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more
>>     information
>>     Credentials cache file '/tmp/krb5cc_500' not found
>>
>>     debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more
>>     information
>>
>>
>>     debug1: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more
>>     information
>>
>>
>>     debug2: we did not send a packet, disable method
>>     debug1: Next authentication method: publickey
>>     debug1: Offering RSA public key: general ssh key for larocque at CMS
>>     (larocque [ at ] cms [ dot ] math [ dot ] ca)
>>     debug2: we sent a publickey packet, wait for reply
>>     debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 646
>>     debug2: input_userauth_pk_ok: SHA1 fp
>>     9c:0c:da:c8:f0:4f:64:cd:59:27:d3:3f:a4:72:c2:fd:cc:63:9b:83
>>     debug1: Authentication succeeded (publickey).
>>     Authenticated to dz.cms.math.ca ([10.5.7.201]:22).
>>     debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
>>     debug2: channel 0: send open
>>     debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions [ at ] openssh [ dot ] com
>>     debug1: Entering interactive session.
>>     debug2: callback start
>>     debug2: x11_get_proto: /usr/bin/xauth  list :0 2>/dev/null
>>     debug1: Requesting X11 forwarding with authentication spoofing.
>>     debug2: channel 0: request x11-req confirm 0
>>     debug2: client_session2_setup: id 0
>>     debug2: channel 0: request pty-req confirm 1
>>     debug1: Sending environment.
>>     debug1: Sending env XMODIFIERS = @im=none
>>     debug2: channel 0: request env confirm 0
>>     debug1: Sending env LANG = en_CA.utf8
>>     debug2: channel 0: request env confirm 0
>>     debug2: channel 0: request shell confirm 1
>>     debug2: fd 3 setting TCP_NODELAY
>>     debug2: callback done
>>     debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
>>     debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
>>     debug2: PTY allocation request accepted on channel 0
>>     debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 2097152
>>     debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
>>     debug2: shell request accepted on channel 0
>>     Last login: Tue Oct  2 11:40:38 2012 from hope.ott.cms
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]# echo $DISPLAY
>>
>>     [root@dz ~]# xclock
>>     Error: Can't open display:
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]# grep X /etc/ssh/*_config
>>     /etc/ssh/ssh_config:#   ForwardX11 no
>>     /etc/ssh/ssh_config:# If this option is set to yes then remote X11
>>     clients will have full access
>>     /etc/ssh/ssh_config:# to the original X11 display. As virtually no
>>     X11 client supports the untrusted
>>     /etc/ssh/ssh_config:    ForwardX11Trusted yes
>>     /etc/ssh/ssh_config:    SendEnv XMODIFIERS
>>     /etc/ssh/sshd_config:AcceptEnv XMODIFIERS
>>     /etc/ssh/sshd_config:#X11Forwarding no
>>     /etc/ssh/sshd_config:X11Forwarding yes
>>     /etc/ssh/sshd_config:#X11DisplayOffset 10
>>     /etc/ssh/sshd_config:#X11UseLocalhost yes
>>     /etc/ssh/sshd_config:#    X11Forwarding no
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>     [root@dz ~]# rpm -qa|grep -i x11|sort
>>     ConsoleKit-x11-0.4.1-3.el6.x86_64
>>     dbus-x11-1.2.24-7.el6_3.x86_64
>>     libX11-1.3-2.el6.x86_64
>>     libX11-common-1.3-2.el6.noarch
>>     pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.21-14.el6_3.x86_64
>>     qt-x11-4.6.2-24.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-apps-7.4-10.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drivers-7.3-13.3.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-acecad-1.5.0-3.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-aiptek-1.4.1-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-apm-1.2.3-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-ast-0.91.10-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.14.2-9.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-ati-firmware-6.14.2-9.el6.noarch
>>     xorg-x11-drv-cirrus-1.3.2-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-dummy-0.3.4-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-elographics-1.3.0-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-evdev-2.6.0-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.4.2-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-fpit-1.4.0-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-glint-1.2.5-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-hyperpen-1.4.1-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-i128-1.3.4-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-i740-1.3.2-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.16.0-4.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-keyboard-1.6.0-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-mach64-6.9.0-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.13-7.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-mouse-1.7.0-4.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-mutouch-1.3.0-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-13.20110719gitde9d1ba.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.1.18-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.904-4.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-penmount-1.5.0-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.0.14-13.el6_2.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-r128-6.8.1-3.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-rendition-4.2.4-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-s3virge-1.10.4-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-savage-2.3.2-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion-1.7.5-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-sis-0.10.3-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-sisusb-0.9.4-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.4.1-3.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-tdfx-1.4.3-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-trident-1.3.4-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-v4l-0.2.0-4.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-vesa-2.3.0-2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse-12.7.0-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-vmware-11.0.3-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-void-1.4.0-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-voodoo-1.2.4-1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.13.0-6.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-drv-xgi-1.6.0-11.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-font-utils-7.2-11.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-server-common-1.10.6-1.el6.centos.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-5.2.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.10.6-1.el6.centos.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-utils-7.4-8.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.2-7.1.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.9-13.el6.x86_64
>>     xorg-x11-xkb-utils-7.4-6.el6.x86_64
>>     [root@dz ~]#
>>
>>
>> Oddly, as you can see above, SSH seems to properly negotiate the X11
>> Forwarding, yet I still have no DISPLAY.  I compared the ssh -vv output
>> between hope and dy to the one shown above between hope and dz and they
>> match very closely, but only the dy destination actually gives me the
>> DISPLAY setting and properly forwards X11.
>>
>> I tried "ssh -Y" rather than "ssh -X" but got the same symptom.
>>
>> I also tried clearing IP tables entirely.
>>
>>
>> What should I try next, oh wizards?
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
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