Tunnelling X11 over SSH on VSI x86 9.2-1 VMS

[rodprince]

Server VSI OpenVMS 9.2-1 (with patch v100), OpenSSH V8.9-1F

Client Win10 Putty (0.64), xcursion (7.3-189)

I have not been able to figure out how to get X11 to forward over a putty (ssh) connection. I have insured that the ssh$root:[etc]sshd_config.; file specifies X11Forwarding yes (default is no). I have to assume I am just not doing something right somewhere and hoping someone can explain how to set things up.

Logging the putty connection toa log file, I see and the following message "Remote debug message: No xauth program; cannot forward X11."

Is there anything I can to to enable/define the xauth program on the VMS side or is it a wait until its working kind of thing?

Rod

[marty.stu]

Hello Rod,

Please find the answer here: viewtopic.php?f=37&t=8601&p=19293#p19268

[rodprince]

I wanted to thank Marty for the link to the official answer.

For now, I have enabled X11 over SSH on my VMS X86 system by enabling a remote port forward setup. Since I am using eXcursion (7.3-189) on my local Win10 PC, I set up a remote port (6000) to my local system port 6000 via a "R6000 127.0.0.1:6000" via the putty SSH tunnel setup. Now when I do a $set display/create/transport=tcpip/node=127.0.0.1, it will use the SSH tunnel to send traffic back and forth. For me, this is a very manageable risk compared to clear traffic going back and forth between my local PC and the VMS X86 system. Not to mention its only a temporary situation, I have faith in VSI, they will have XAuth working in no time

Rod