On 10 May 1999, Pollywog wrote: > > On 10-May-99 John Galt wrote: > > > > 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 > > The problem is that something would change the ownership back to root.root. > I believe I fixed the problem but I am not yet certain. > > thanks > > -- > Andrew > > [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37] >
When you get problems with .Xauthority files, you should delete them and then do xauth-b to rebuild them. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: www.achc.demon.co.uk/bookreviews/ "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald (Rubaiat of Omar Khayyam)