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2008-Jun-15  01:59 UTC
[Bug 911] Wishlist: Warn when unable to write .Xauthority
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911
Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
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--- Comment #1 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org>  2008-06-15
11:59:09 ---
It is xauth's responsibility to log errors on failure. The standard
xorg distribution one certainly does (try "chown root.wheel
.Xauthority") and these are visible via the SSH channel.
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