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why is xauth needed? #30
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Yes, see Xsecurity(7) and X(7). X11 is a network protocol that often happens to run on localhost (Xorg used to use a tcp connection in the past but now defaults to a local connection), and without either
It might be nice to use Another option, which would have been nice, is using If you can go through all of the documentation and find a way to reduce |
yeah unfortunately... i want to run wayland as well but i'm going to pull in the X server dependencies anyway (Xwayland) so whats the point? |
It may dissipate over a long enough time peroid, one can hope. |
still tho, having the 'con' of any program being able to access the Xserver can mean i no longer need alternatively, |
if removing this from the sx program still makes X function, why is it required as a dependency? is the XAUTHORITY and authentication for security purposes for Xorg applications?
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