Users getting /usr/bin/xauth message about missing .Xauthority on first login

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Users who are logging into the server for the first time using X-windows are getting the message /usr/bin/xauth: file /home/<username>/.Xauthority does not exist.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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