Karsten wrote: > Linking files under /root to normal user files is, in general, a Bad > Thing[tm]. > > Instead, do this the right way, running as root: > > xauth -merge ~/<my user id>/.Xauthority > > You'll have to re-run this when updating your user xauth key, but this > generally happens rarely.
"<my user id>" - in this case the "rland" uid? What would the difference be when acting _only_ on the local mashine? Was your intention that TCP/IP traffic is not secure and a softlink to .Xauthority might be decoded? Robert