Why did the xauth file location changed in 15.6
Hello SuSE gurus - I recently upgraded a few of my OpenSuSE 15.4 x64 systems to OpenSuSE 15.6 x64 (yes with an intermediate upgrade to 15.5) and a number of my custom scripts and software broke. FWIW I am using KDE with the X11/plasma desktop. I tracked the problem down to a change in location of the xauth_xxxx file that gets created. In 15.4 this file was located at /run/user/1000/xauth_xxxxx as shown below -
env | grep XAUTH XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=quasar XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/xauth_VMlqlf
In 15.6 this file got moved to /tmp as shown below -
env | grep XAUTH XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=wa7pxw XAUTHORITY=/tmp/xauth_NrHHAf
Why? Is it possible to change 15.6 back to use the previous /run/user/1000 location, and if so how? Or am I going to have to change all my scripts and rebuild software that depended on the old location? Marc... --
20.10.2024 10:22, Marc Chamberlin via openSUSE Users wrote:
Hello SuSE gurus - I recently upgraded a few of my OpenSuSE 15.4 x64 systems to OpenSuSE 15.6 x64 (yes with an intermediate upgrade to 15.5) and a number of my custom scripts and software broke. FWIW I am using KDE with the X11/plasma desktop. I tracked the problem down to a change in location of the xauth_xxxx file that gets created. In 15.4 this file was located at /run/user/1000/xauth_xxxxx as shown below -
env | grep XAUTH XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=quasar XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/xauth_VMlqlf
In 15.6 this file got moved to /tmp as shown below -
env | grep XAUTH XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=wa7pxw XAUTHORITY=/tmp/xauth_NrHHAf
Why?
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212932
Is it possible to change 15.6 back to use the previous /run/user/1000 location, and if so how? Or am I going to have to change all my scripts and rebuild software that depended on the old location?
Inside X11 session your programs are supposed to use $XAUTHORITY. Outside of X11 session this should not be used at all. If you explain why you need to know this location, someone may be able to suggest an alternative way of doing it.
On 10/20/24 02:40, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
20.10.2024 10:22, Marc Chamberlin via openSUSE Users wrote:
Hello SuSE gurus - I recently upgraded a few of my OpenSuSE 15.4 x64 systems to OpenSuSE 15.6 x64 (yes with an intermediate upgrade to 15.5) and a number of my custom scripts and software broke. FWIW I am using KDE with the X11/plasma desktop. I tracked the problem down to a change in location of the xauth_xxxx file that gets created. In 15.4 this file was located at /run/user/1000/xauth_xxxxx as shown below -
> > env | grep XAUTH > XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=quasar > XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/xauth_VMlqlf
In 15.6 this file got moved to /tmp as shown below -
> > env | grep XAUTH > XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME=wa7pxw > XAUTHORITY=/tmp/xauth_NrHHAf
Why?
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212932
Is it possible to change 15.6 back to use the previous /run/user/1000 location, and if so how? Or am I going to have to change all my scripts and rebuild software that depended on the old location?
Inside X11 session your programs are supposed to use $XAUTHORITY. Outside of X11 session this should not be used at all.
If you explain why you need to know this location, someone may be able to suggest an alternative way of doing it.
Thanks Andriei, please forgive my midnight email, I had the same though as an epiphany later last night. I "borrowed" the scripts and software I am using, from the internet (for x11vnc) and they were hard-coded to use these paths. I will just change them to use the XAUTHORITY environment variable instead. Consider this resolved. Marc..
On 10/20/24 11:57 AM, Marc Chamberlin via openSUSE Users wrote:
Thanks Andriei, please forgive my midnight email, I had the same though as an epiphany later last night. I "borrowed" the scripts and software I am using, from the internet (for x11vnc) and they were hard-coded to use these paths. I will just change them to use the XAUTHORITY environment variable instead. Consider this resolved.
Just wait until you try and find all the config pieces that used to be in /etc/X11 and /etc/xdg ... Lots of new easter-egg hunts to go on :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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