[OmniOS-discuss] Possible to run desktop applications via ssh -X or similar?

[Paul B. Henson]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:07:15PM +0100, Valrhona wrote:

> > Unless you have built your own sshd you'll need to have
> > xauth (or a symlink) in /usr/X11/bin
>
> There isn't a directory of /usr/X11

It looks like the version of ssh in illumos hardcodes the path to xauth:

# strings /usr/lib/ssh/sshd | grep xauth
/usr/X11/bin/xauth

So, either you build your own sshd to look for it elsewhere, or you make
a link from where the bundled sshd wants to find it to where you have
it. So,

# mkdir -p /usr/X11/bin
# ln -s /opt/local/bin/xauth /usr/X11/bin

Give that a shot and see what happens.