xauth(1) says:

   /if [the X server] does not support the SECURITY extension, the
   [generate] command fails./

The xauth command is used to generate the .Xauthority file, which is
required for X11Forwarding.

But the Security Extension is not enabled by default:

- - xcsecurity  : Build Security extension

but I don't find anybody asking why X11 forwarding doesn't work under
gentoo.  What am I missing?

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