On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 08:36:09AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > 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.
Yes, that makes sense. Missing context, of sorts. "Copying the X auth file" meant to me "copying freshly after each new X session". By this I was adding implicitly some context which didn't necessarily match reality. Thanks, Greg :) Cheers - t
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