VNC not working gives error "xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name “DisplayName:1” in “add” command"

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Issue

  • VNC server not working. While running vncserver from command line it gives error - "xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name “DisplayName:1” in “add” command"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

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