I would agree that it is related to the ~/.Xauthority file. But I don't think it is related to sudo, but possibly ssh. I see it on all 6 of my RHEL 6 systems, but I will take a look at one system where noone has run sudo
On 04/07/2014 10:43 PM, Pete Jalajas wrote: >> Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:16:53 -0400 >> From: Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> >> To: Boston Linux and Unix <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Discuss] Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: 234, client >> disconnected RHEL 6 >> On RHEL 6, I get this message when I try to run a specific Java app. >> Other X apps seem to run ok. The specific app runs file from my user id >> on RHEL 5. I am able to run a Python app that uses Tkinter, and it calls >> another GUI written in Java. Also things like xeyes and xclock work >> fine. So, it has to be something related to the specific app. >> >> I Googled this, but I have not seen a solution or clue yet. >> >> -- >> Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> >> Boston Linux and Unix >> PGP key id:3BC1EB90 >> PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 >> >> > Hi Jerry, > > I vaguely recall, from years ago in days of old when MIT-MAGIC-COOKIEs > filled the air, that I had a similar error message and tracked it down to > bad permissions on a ~/.Xauthority file, or something like that. I think > it was caused by trying to do a sudo connection, which made that file owned > by root, after which my regular user couldn't use it anymore. > > Good luck, > Pete > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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