X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0

Question

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 swit

Answer 1

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.