.Xauthority issue

[Mauro]

On 2 October 2013 20:28, Marc Deslauriers <marcdeslauriers at videotron.ca>wrote:

> On 13-10-02 02:17 PM, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> > I'm running Ubuntu 13.04. I've read on the Web that the .Xauthority file
> in my
> > home directory is used to store credentials in cookies used by xauth for
> > authentication of X sessions. Meaning I should probably just leave it
> alone.
> > But what about all the other .Xauthority-like files also in my home
> directory
> > with names like .Xauthority.0GWM1W, .Xauthoirity.0TJG2W, etc. What are
> they
> > and can I safely delete them?
> >
>
> You can delete them. Previous versions of lightdm incorrectly created
> backups,
> but shouldn't anymore.
>
>
lightdm in ubuntu 13.04 still creates backups.
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