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How to enable X11 Forwarding with SSH on Mac OSX

How to enable X11 Forwarding with SSH on Mac OSX

[All of Data Analysis System(Servers and Terminals)]
[Data analysis servers(anam* and anah*)]
[Network]

If you use Mac OSX and access the Data Analysis Servers via SSH,
you may encounter the following warnings and have problems
starting X-based applications.

Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated
Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding.

If you have the trouble, please see the following potential
workarounds.

 1. Enable X11 Forwarding with the 'ForwardX11 yes' option
   set in '/etc/ssh_config'

 2. Use the option '-Y' in the SSH command

  % ssh -X -Y userid@anam...