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xauth-add-hotfix-on-old-server.sh
# hotfix for this issue:
# X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication
# debug2: X11 connection uses different authentication protocol.
#
# credits go to contributors in this bugzilla entry:
# http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=49944
#
n=$(xauth list | grep unix:"$(echo $DISPLAY | cut -d : -f 2 | cut -d . -f 1)" | sed -e 's,/unix:,:,')
echo "INFO: $n"
xauth list | grep -q "$n" && echo already-in || xauth add $n
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