Logging in via X in multiple places

[Paul Lussier]

aluminumsulfate at earthlink.net writes:

> The entries in .Xauthority are generally of the form
> hostname/protocol:display, so as long as all of your hosts aren't
> named "localhost" (they all have different hostnames), it should Just
> Work.  A workaround which you could use (in case there's some reason
> you don't want to do this properly) might be to make $HOME/.Xauthority
> a symlink to something like /tmp/$LOGNAME.Xauthority.

I agree "It should just work", however, if the invocation is some form of:

  xauth > ~/.Xauthority

versus:

  xauth >> ~/.Xauthority

Then it will never work correctly, since if I log onto "fred",
.Xauthority is properly configured for "fred".  If, while logged into
"fred", I walk to "barney" and log in there too, .Xauthority is now
configured properly for "barney" and "fred" is no longer properly
configured.

>> be it's own sort of black magic).
>
> Oh, and by the way, that should be "its", not "it's". :^)

My brain knows this, my fingers don't :(

Can I convince you that it's still the 19th century, and "it's" is the
correct spelling for the possessive form :)

  http://www.word-detective.com/back-d.html
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