Bug 466930 - xauth fails: "error in locking authority file /var/run/gdm/..."
Summary: xauth fails: "error in locking authority file /var/run/gdm/..."
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-xauth
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-10-14 15:35 UTC by Joe Smith
Modified: 2018-04-11 07:09 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2008-10-15 14:01:40 UTC
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Description Joe Smith 2008-10-14 15:35:52 UTC 
Description of problem:
Xauth fails for any command
$ xauth list
xauth:  error in locking authority file /var/run/gdm/auth-cookie-XXFLVWIU-for-jes

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
$ rpm -q xorg-x11-xauth gdm
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.2-4.fc9.i386
gdm-2.22.0-10.fc9.i386


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login at console using xdm
2. Run xauth
3.
  
Actual results:
$ xauth list
xauth:  error in locking authority file /var/run/gdm/auth-cookie-XXFLVWIU-for-jes

Expected results:
$ xauth list
xauth:  creating new authority file /home/jes/.Xauthority

-or-

$ xauth list
duros.home-net/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  0d74a1dae7fc75b133bc9848d4d0239f
duros.home-net/unix:10  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  f09d505a6510821d9bf31ecc5a3f2333


Additional info:
Xauth works correctly from non-gdm logins
Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2008-10-15 08:43:06 UTC 
Isn't this SELinux issue?

What is the output of the following commands?

/usr/sbin/getenforce
grep xauth /var/log/audit/audit.log

Please attach the output instead  of pasting it here, if it is bigger.

THank you
Comment 2 Joe Smith 2008-10-15 14:01:40 UTC 
Ack! No, not SELinux this time: idiot at the wheel.

/var was out of space; xauth is working fine now.

I'll go ahead and set this to CLOSED/WORKSFORME.

Sorry for the noise.
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