Package: xbase-clients Version: 1:7.1.ds1-2 Followup-For: Bug #252477 # (unset XAUTHORITY; HOME=/ xauth list; echo $?) xauth: creating new authority file /.Xauthority 0
so, xauth says: a) that it's creating a new .Xauthority file under / and b) that everything went fine Now lets check that: # ls -la /.Xauthority ls: /.Xauthority: No such file or directory So: a) xauth actually didn't do anything and b) nothing is actually well It could be though, that writing to / is not possible for some reason. Let's check that: # touch /.Xauthority # ls -la /.Xauthority -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 18 15:39 /.Xauthority So it's just fine writing to / Afterthought - after searching bugs.debian.org/xbase-clients for xauth one discovers that xauth and the whole Xauthority authentication scheme related with it seem to have been in a sore state since about Debian's creation ten years ago. One can only wonder in what state all of X's related security infrastructure is. Judging only from the reports about xauth the picture doesn't seem very bright. Or is it? *t -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfontconfig1 2.4.1-2 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libfs6 2:1.0.0-4 X11 Font Services library ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1] 6.5.1-0.5 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-4 X11 client-side library ii libxau6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 authorisation library ii libxaw7 1:1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxcursor1 1.1.7-4 X cursor management library ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Input extension library ii libxkbfile1 1:1.0.3-2 X11 keyboard file manipulation lib ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxmuu1 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous micro-utility li ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-5 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.1-3 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxss1 1:1.1.0-1 X11 Screen Saver extension library ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii libxtrap6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 event trapping extension libra ii libxtst6 1:1.0.1-5 X11 Testing -- Resource extension ii libxv1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Video extension library ii libxxf86dga1 2:1.0.1-2 X11 Direct Graphics Access extensi ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.1-2 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l ii x11-common 1:7.1.0-10 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime xbase-clients recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
