On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 07:48:03AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: > I parsed the preceding conversation as indicating that > > $ ln -sf /home/auser/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority > > produced a setup that worked, but > > $ cp /home/auser/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority > > produced one that didn't. That seems strange enough to me.
Well, the copied cookie would only work for as long as the current X session remains running. As soon as a new cookie is created for a new session, the copy becomes stale.
