XPost: comp.sys.raspberry-pi, alt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 09/12/2023 11:54, Markus Robert Kessler wrote:   
   > What I found out is, that when switching 'su - newaccount', then   
   >   
   > - a file ~/.xauth* (e.g.: .xauthOa9EpX) is automatically created   
   >    (by su? by pam?)   
   > - and when either starting x-app like xclock, so this works, or   
   > - deleting this .xauth* and starting x-app, then above error occurs   
      
   This suggests that the original problem may have been su'ing to a user   
   with no home directory, or one that the user has no permissions for, so   
   this file cannot be created.   
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