ssh and X

[Derek Atkins]

Derek Martin <dmartin at ne.arris-i.com> writes:

> But what if I simultaneously am logged in on remotehost and have an active
> X session?  Then my new Xauth file will overwrite my old one, and prevent
> local clients from connecting, no?

This is correct..  I don't know if there are ways of combining
.Xauthority files.  But I don't think there is any way around that.
I suppose you could save the original .Xauthority

-derek
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