[FreeNX-kNX] nxtunnel-0.2 not working (but finding xauth now)

[Kurt Pfeifle]

On Sunday 19 September 2004 19:17, Neal H. Walfield wrote:
> > > It seems that nxtunnel is not finding xauth on remotenx. 
> > > 
> > > (You have 
> > > also uncovered a small bug here as well in the nxtunnel script:
> > > nxtunnel runs with set -e and checking for a program is not protected
> > > by a || true.  I have fix this in my local copy.)  Try running:
> > > 
> > >   ssh remotenx which xauth
> > 
> > OK, that's it. It gives
> > 
> >    no xauth in (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin)
> > 
> > For the time being, I created a quick'n' dirty symlink /usr/bin/xauth -->
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth.
> 
> I am not sure what the right solution is here.  I feel that this is a
> broken configuration and ought to respond fix your .bashrc.  I could
> append some common paths to the X11 binaries to PATH but it won't work
> for all scenarios and then where does it stop?  Maybe you can provide
> a convincing argument one way or the other (or come up with a better
> solution).

Hehe...  ;-)

I couldnt think of a clean way to do it in general, so that's why
I used the symlink and called it "quick'n'dirty".

> Thanks,
> Neal

Cheers,
Kurt