Annoying message when connecting to a SSH server with X11 Forwarding:`X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication`#571

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maicol07 asked this question inQ&A

Nov 16, 2021

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maicol07
Nov 16, 2021

Hi,
I'm connecting viassh -X to my server from WSL2, but I get this annoying message every second:

X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.

Do you know how to fix it?
Thanks

Edit: It seems that there is another warning when starting the SSH session:

Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.

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You have to enable X11Forwarding in sshd_config and install xauth (or xorg-xauth) package.

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I've already had enabledX11Forwarding and installed the xauth package.

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Hello. I have the same issue. It looks like wslg does not set XAUTHORITY environment variable
Is it bug in wslg?

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