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FS#16003 - [xorg-xinit] startx script ignores $XAUTHORITY

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Dave (DaveCode) - Saturday, 05 September 2009, 01:32 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 21 November 2009, 16:04 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

/usr/bin/startx checks, but ignores, $XAUTHORITY, this bug is discussed by
http://www.shallowsky.com/blog/linux/serverauth.html

With $XAUTHORITY set to other locations from /etc/profile, startx still makes ~/.serverauth.* files in $HOME. The culprit line in /usr/bin/startx is
xserverauthfile=$HOME/.serverauth.$$

The startx CVS datestamp is 9 years ago. That's getting pretty old. What should happen is that the script should use XAUTHORITY if set, otherwise the default $HOME location.

Additional info:

Fully up-to-date Arch as of 3 Sept. 2009. OpenBox, X.org, no GNOME or KDE installed (though some libs).

Steps to reproduce:

Run a normal X session and compare,
cd ~/
echo $XAUTHORITY
ls -hal .serverauth*
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Saturday, 21 November 2009, 16:04 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Fixed by moving files to /tmp.

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