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