svn with linux: warning: no xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding

Hi

I'm using svn on a linux box, ubuntu hardy; the repository lives on a Sparc
workstation Sun-Fire-880. I'm trying to set things up so that my coauthor can
check things into my repository. For some reason the usual svn_ssh command
doesn't work. My coauthor is prompted for my password, but it's not
accepted. Presumably this is a security setting on the Sparc. So I've set
up a script so that when she svn's she first becomes me via an su command, and
then can then check in as I word. This avoids the password problem as I have rsa
authentication set up.

This works but the problem is that it takes forever. After a long period
of waiting, it says

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

and then checks everything in as it is supposed to.

There's stuff on the web about this warning but it's all related to ssh.
Obviously I'm connecting with ssh_svn but the web suggestions don't seem
to apply to my case.

Any help would be most appreciated!!

Leo

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Received on 2010-09-14 10:44:00 CEST