> Morche Matthias wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am no longer able to use xauth. It misses the security extension > > within XWin. Has this been removed on purpose and would you please > > explain why? > > Xorg 7.4 includes XACE, which provides a superset of > Xsecurity/APPGROUP, > which are disabled by default. > > Can you clarify in what way you are not able to use xauth?
Cannot create a working .Xauthority: $ xauth generate :0 . trusted xauth: (argv):1: couldn't query Security extension on display ":0" $ echo $DISPLAY 127.0.0.1:0.0 $ xauth generate $DISPLAY . trusted xauth: (argv):1: couldn't query Security extension on display "127.0.0.1:0.0" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/