Re: xauth problem in potato
On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 10:40:19AM -0900, Adam Shand wrote:
>
> > /usr/bin/X11/xauth: unable to open tmp file "/home/paul/.Xauthority-n"
> > /usr/bin/X11/xauth: unable to write authority file /home/paul/.Xauthority-n
> >
> > Is this potentially a permission problem? What should they be?
>
> i believe i just read a message in debian-user about there being a problem
> with the current xbase-clients. check the archives, it may not be a
> permisions problem.
I've had a related, though I believe different, problem when ssh'ing to
my home (dynamic IP) box, and trying to run X on my work (static IP)
box.
I assign "127.0.0.1 navel" in /etc/hosts on my home box. I refer to
the dynamic IP by the same name from work. What happens is that
$DISPLAY and xauth both point to navel:10 for their ssh-forwarded X
session. I have to change these both to point to the dynamic IP
instead. Slight PITA.
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