elevated access from xrdp

[Boggess Rod]

>XRDP, btw, doesn't work correctly in 10.04, so I upgraded to 10.10. It
>appears to work fine. My first clue that something was amiss was when I
>ran Synaptic Package Manager and it reports that it is unable to copy
>the user's Xauthorization file. I assumed that was because I was using
>xrdp and it either has a safety issue or because the file is in use by
>the server.
>
>After trudging back and forth a bit, everything's installed, and my
>experiments are done, but I remain curious. I can't mount the windows
>partition, I can't run the Disk Utility (flashes and disappears), and I
>can't run Synaptic Package Manager. Anyone got any ideas what's
blocking
>these functions when I access via terminal services?
>

Ok, some of this is coming back to me. Part of the mystery is solved by
creating an .Xauthority file in my home directory. Still can't mount the
drive, though. Anyone have a handy link for xauth for idiots or the
.Xauthority Bible? Google is not being my friend at the moment.