.Xauthority not writable

[YonyonJohn]

I'm having this problem when I try to use ssh -X to open an X application remotely.

The error I get upon logging in is:


/usr/bin/X11/xauth: /home/me/.Xauthority not writable, changes will be ignored

then when I try to execute a program, eg gedit I get:


X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.

(gedit:17137): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0

[albinootje]

I'm having this problem when I try to use ssh -X to open an X application remotely.

The error I get upon logging in is:


/usr/bin/X11/xauth: /home/me/.Xauthority not writable, changes will be ignored
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If you're not running the GUI for that user already.. then simply remove the .Xauthority file.
It should be created again.