X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to open GUI applications via X11 forwarding 'cannot open display: localhost:10:0'
  • '/usr/bin/xauth: error in locking authority file /home/%user/.Xauthority'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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