Description of problem: if low on disk space xauth may write an incomplete .xauth file and deletes the old. Please apply the attached patch.
Created attachment 89989 [details] patch for xauth
Thanks Harald. Patch added to: XFree86-4.2.99.901-20030209.2 XFree86-4.2.1-11.1
Applied now also to: XFree86-4.1.0-44.mharris.1 locally
Backported to both 4.2.1 and 4.1.0 for errata release for all Red Hat Linux releases currently supported.
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