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Just a quicky that I use to get my xauthority file remotely, combined with other script or things like x11vnc, helps when I'm remote and need to login through gdm too
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get_xauth.sh
#!/bin/bash
OWNER=`id -u`
if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
OWNER=$1
fi
ps ax | grep auth | grep $OWNER | python -c "import sys; print sys.stdin.read().split('-auth ')[1].split(' ')[0]"
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