As root, chown 'em or chmod 666 'em. Xauthority files are standard issue in X. I have no idea why the perms and/or ownership got fouled up, but chown/chmod is a quick fix. YMMV but not by much
On Sun, 9 May 1999, Pollywog wrote: > I installed KDE 1.1.1 on my Slink system and found I had to install xdm in > order to install kdebase. This is where my problems began. > > Using update-rc.d, I removed the links that start xdm when the machine starts. > That way, I can start the machine and get a plain console with no xdm. > > The problem is that something keeps putting .Xauthority files in my directory, > and that should not be a problem, except that they are owned root.root and > until I remove them, I cannot start X because I get either an error about > being unable to lock the file, or an error about being unable to write to the > file. > > What might be the cause of this anomaly? > > thanks > > -- > Andrew > > > [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37] > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > When you are having a bad day, and it seems like everybody is trying to tick you off, remember that it takes 42 muscles to produce a frown, but only 4 muscles to work the trigger of a good sniper rifle. Who is John galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!