Trouble in accessing `/home/USERNAME/.Xauthority'

[NoOp]

On 03/17/2010 05:31 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 03/17/2010 03:56 PM, NoOp wrote:
> ...
>> So, now the missing ~/.Xauthority; no idea why this is/was missing on
>> your system. To see if ~/.Xauthority regenerates if missing, I renamed
>> the file on my test system to ~/x-.Xauthority-x and rebooted (remember
>> this is a test machine, so it doesn't matter if I screw it up).
>> Following the reboot I checked and no new ~/.Xauthority was generated.
>> So, we now have to figure out where the file originates from, and how to
>> restore yours.
> 
> Well... I found that ssh'ing into the machine using -X creates a new
> ~./Xauthority:
> 
> $ ssh -X karmic@<IPaddress>
> karmic@<IPaddress>'s password:
> Linux karmic 2.6.31-20-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 8 09:05:19 UTC
> 2010 i686
> 
> To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
> http://help.ubuntu.com/
> 
> Last login: Mon Feb  8 11:44:34 2010
> /usr/bin/X11/xauth:  creating new authority file /home/karmic/.Xauthority
> 
> And that the file comes from xauth, so perhaps someone on the list can
> assist in advising how to create the file from xauth (or other than ssh)?

Added note: Were I you I'd simply purge this package altogether. I found
that I couldn't even download and check for updates without setting it
to "Switch to open firewall (not recommended)". IMO it's *much* more
trouble than it's worth. You can do this by:

$ sudo apt-get purge linux-firewall.org
The next are only required if you managed to install it completely:
$ sudo chown <username>:<usergroup> ~/.Xauthority
$ sudo su
$ cd /root
$ rm .Xauthority

That said; if you still wish to install it I'm happy to help :-) I
figure that folks can install pretty much what they wish. But, you'd be
wise to have a look at (and bookmark) these:

https://help.ubuntu.com/
 https://help.ubuntu.com/community
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security
 https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/keeping-safe/C/index.html
  https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/keeping-safe/C/firewall.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firestarter

Personally I rely on my router's firewall.