SSH X11 forwarding with putty not working for non root user account

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Launching of GUI application fails upon login to Red Hat Enterprise Linux over ssh X forwarding
  • Problem is not observed for root user
  • Non root user account on system fails with below error
Last login: Fri Jul 19 10:08:50 2013 from host.example.com
/usr/bin/xauth:  timeout in locking authority file /home/user/.Xauthority
[user@host ~]$ echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0
[user@host ~]$ 
[user@host ~]$ gnome-terminal &
[1] 8152
[user@host ~]$ PuTTY X11 proxy: wrong authentication protocol attemptedFailed to parse arguments: Cannot open display:
[1]+  Exit 1                  gnome-terminal
[user@host ~]$ 
  • No ~/.Xauthority file exist in home directory as mentioned in the error message.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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