X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0
When I do "ssh -X abcserver", I got message "X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0".
I checked online and it was suggested to solve it by switching "X11UseLocalhost no" to "X11UseLocalhost yes".
However, both my manager and I don't have this administrative privilege. I am wondering, except this solution, whether there is another option to solve the issue ? I also don't have sudo privilege to directly install X11 on the server.
My local platform is:
Linux version 3.16.0-4-amd64 ([email protected])
(gcc version 4.8.4 (Debian 4.8.4-1) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 (2016-07-02)
The remote platform is:
Linux version 3.13.0-88-generic (buildd@lgw01-16)
(gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) )
#135-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 8 21:10:42 UTC 2016
Answer
Adding the -v option to ssh when trying to log in will give a lot of debug information which might give a clue to exactly what the problem is, like for instance
debug1: Remote: No xauth program; cannot forward with spoofing.
which in my case installing xauth on the server fixed the issue.