On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Ross Slade wrote:
> Problem solved. I won't pretend to understand the hows or why's, but I finally
> located this file:
>
> /root/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0
>
> With a 100meg file size. After deleting it I can now 'su' again.
>
> rosco = my usual user name
> bunyip = my machine's name
>
> Thanks to all for the help...
Sorry, I was a little quick off the mark with my success...the above allowed
me to 'su' when logged in as root, but not when I relogged in as rosco.
I then had to also delete "/home/rosco/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0"
which also had a 100Meg filesize.
_Now_ I can go back to using 'su' the way I used to.
Anyone know what these files do and why they get so big?
-Ross
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