On 7/13/2010 12:40 PM, Rick Sewill wrote: > >> If I ssh to root on the new server everything is fine, but if I ssh to my user >> I get errors and X forwarding doesn't work. >> >> Can anyone suggest things for me to look at / try. >> >> Gary >> >> [gary@dcomp5 ~]$ ssh -Y -C lcomp3 -l root >> root@lcomp3's password: >> Last login: Tue Jul 13 16:04:20 2010 from gary.ringways.co.uk >> [root@lcomp3 ~]# kcalc >> [root@lcomp3 ~]# logout >> [gary@dcomp5 ~]$ ssh -Y -C lcomp3 >> gary@lcomp3's password: >> Last login: Tue Jul 13 15:55:16 2010 from gary.ringways.co.uk >> /usr/bin/xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/gary/.Xauthority >> Late to the party, but: $ ls -ld /home/gary $ ls -l /home/gary/.Xauthority post the results $ rm /home/gary/.Xauthority try again. Chances are a stale .Xauthority file exists that's owned by the UID of the gary account on the old server. Might want to recursively chown the contents of the home dir if that's the case: # chown -R gary /home/gary PK -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
