On Wednesday 27 June 2001 07:58, Ross Slade wrote:
> 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?
>
On my machine the equivalent of /root/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0
doesn't exist - its directory does. My equivalent of
/home/rosco/.xauth/refcount/rosco/bunyip/unix:0 is only 34 bytes.
HTH
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