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Bug 3824

Summary:	gdm doesn't set complete Xauthority
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	glenn
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	Elliot Lee <sopwith>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.0	CC:	jpeavey, mkp, per.starback
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Description glenn 1999-06-30 12:36:59 UTC

After login, the command

	xauth list

prints only

loki/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
			203b164a0376210828697c55024a003d

i.e., authority is only being set for Unix domain sockets.
It should also create an entry for AF_INET domain sockets,
so applications running on a remote machine can display
locally.  In other words, there should also be an entry
that looks like

loki:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  203b164a0376210828697c55024a003d

The the Xauthority can be set on a remote machine in the
standard way:
loki:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  203b164a0376210828697c55024a003d
	xauth extract loki:0 - | rsh remote xauth merge -

and the display variable set

	export DISPLAY=loki:0

on the remote machine, and X applications can be started.

Both xdm and kdm work properly; gdm represents a step
backwords in this respect.

The easy fix is to use kdm or xdm instead of gdm; simply

	cd /etc/X11
	rm prefdm
	ln -s ../../usr/bin/kdm prefdm

Comment 1 glenn 1999-06-30 12:41:59 UTC

This bug is listed on the Gnome bug list as #1396, entitled
"gdm does not create TCP xauth cookie"

Comment 2 Jay Turner 1999-06-30 13:04:59 UTC

This issue has been forwarded to a developer for further action.

Comment 3 Elliot Lee 1999-09-01 00:49:59 UTC

Add mkp to Cc list.

Assign to mkj for now.

Comment 4 Elliot Lee 1999-10-29 14:39:59 UTC

Please try the gdm included in RHL 6.1.