openssh unix dev - Mar 2007 - Security Update from MAC breaks ssh -X

Folks,

This morning I downloaded and installed a security update for my MAC G5. I 
am running MAC OSX 10.3.9.

Friday March 16 I was able to

ssh -X me at targetcpu

and launch my application

this morning March 19 I get this error:

X Error of failed request:  BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  20 (X_GetProperty)
  Atom id in failed request:  0x25
  Serial number of failed request:  309
  Current serial number in output stream:  309

I can get an xclock window to open but the GUI for my application is not 
able to launch.

I can work around this by setting xhost on the mac, ssh to remote
machine, setenv DISPLAY and launching the application.

Can you suggest some reasons why this current fix broke my

ssh -X trick?


Thanks,

Starr Hazard wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> This morning I downloaded and installed a security update for my MAC G5. I 
> am running MAC OSX 10.3.9.
And that replaced which version of OpenSSH with which newer version of 
OpenSSH?
> Friday March 16 I was able to
> 
> ssh -X me at targetcpu
> 
> and launch my application
> 
> this morning March 19 I get this error:
> 
> X Error of failed request:  BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  20 (X_GetProperty)
>   Atom id in failed request:  0x25
>   Serial number of failed request:  309
>   Current serial number in output stream:  309
 From http://www.openssh.com/faq.html#3.13

[quote]
3.13 - I upgraded to OpenSSH 3.8 and some X11 programs stopped working.

As documented in the 3.8 release notes, ssh will now use untrusted X11 
cookies by default. The previous behaviour can be restored by setting 
ForwardX11Trusted yes in ssh_config.

Possible symptoms include:
BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty)
[/quote]
> I can get an xclock window to open but the GUI for my application is not 
> able to launch.
> 
> I can work around this by setting xhost on the mac, ssh to remote
> machine, setenv DISPLAY and launching the application.
> 
> Can you suggest some reasons why this current fix broke my
> 
> ssh -X trick?
This has been the default for years, I don't know why you're only seeing
problems now (unless Apple used to change the default in their packages 
and now don't?)

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usually comes from bad judgement.

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Starr Hazard wrote:
> Folks,
> This morning I downloaded and installed a security update for my MAC G5. I
> am running MAC OSX 10.3.9.
> Friday March 16 I was able to
> ssh -X me at targetcpu
> and launch my application
> this morning March 19 I get this error:
> X Error of failed request:  BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
>  Major opcode of failed request:  20 (X_GetProperty)
>  Atom id in failed request:  0x25
>  Serial number of failed request:  309
>  Current serial number in output stream:  309
> I can get an xclock window to open but the GUI for my application is not
> able to launch.
> I can work around this by setting xhost on the mac, ssh to remote
> machine, setenv DISPLAY and launching the application.
> Can you suggest some reasons why this current fix broke my
> ssh -X trick?
Try `ssh -Y` instead.

Marc.

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