Gnome failed to start due to incorrect permission on .ICEauthority

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Issue

  • Gnome failed to start due to incorrect permission on .ICEauthority, show error as below
Could not update ICEauthority file /var/lib/gdm/.ICEauthority

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • gnome

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