#317 HIGH 8.2.0 (: X authority file should be in tmpfs not jffs2

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#317: X authority file should be in tmpfs not jffs2
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   Reporter:  dwmw2      |       Owner:  cscott              
       Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  high       |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  distro     |     Version:                      
 Resolution:             |    Keywords:  killjoy?            
Next_action:  never set  |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:             |    Blocking:                      
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Changes (by cscott):

  * owner:  bernie => cscott
  * status:  reopened => new


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:10 Quozl]:
 > Editing ''/etc/rwtab'' to remove ''/home/olpc/.Xauthority'', and editing
 ''/usr/bin/startx'' to use ''/var/tmp'' instead of ''$HOME'' for both
 authority files works fine, in that Sugar starts okay, the ''XAUTHORITY''
 environment variable is inherited by anything that Sugar starts.
 >
 > The ''strace'' of ''xauth'' shows that the file is created with mask
 0600.
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 > But anything not started from Sugar, such as inbound SSH sessions, needs
 to be told where the authority file has got to.  This could be solved with
 a symlink in ''/home/olpc''.

 I like this solution.

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