Bug 84036 – xauth can write incomplete .xauth files

Bug 84036 - xauth can write incomplete .xauth files

Summary:	xauth can write incomplete .xauth files

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Red Hat Public Beta
Classification:	Retired
Component:	XFree86 (Show other bugs)
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Version:	phoebe
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Mike A. Harris
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	2003-02-11 06:23 EST by Harald Hoyer
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:51 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2003-02-12 07:47:32 EST
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patch for xauth (676 bytes, patch) 2003-02-11 06:24 EST, Harald Hoyer	no flags	Details \| Diff
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Description Harald Hoyer 2003-02-11 06:23:15 EST

Description of problem:
if low on disk space xauth may write an incomplete .xauth file and deletes the old.

Please apply the attached patch.

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2003-02-11 06:24:27 EST

Created attachment 89989 [details]
patch for xauth

Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2003-02-11 07:20:05 EST

Thanks Harald.  Patch added to:

XFree86-4.2.99.901-20030209.2
XFree86-4.2.1-11.1

Comment 3 Mike A. Harris 2003-02-12 07:47:32 EST

Applied now also to: XFree86-4.1.0-44.mharris.1 locally

Comment 4 Mike A. Harris 2003-05-26 01:08:52 EDT

Backported to both 4.2.1 and 4.1.0 for errata release for all Red Hat Linux
releases currently supported.

Comment 5 Mike A. Harris 2003-07-01 19:21:03 EDT

An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html

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