"xauth: timeout in locking authority file ~/.Xauthority"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Below error is observed while logging in to the system over ssh or trying to add xauth entries:
xauth:  timeout in locking authority file /path/to/home/user/.Xauthority

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • ssh

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