[PATCH v2] xauth: improve to handle FamilyWild necessary for GDM/XDMCP/SSH. #43425

[Alan Coopersmith]

On 10/19/12 02:27 AM, Dr. Tilmann Bubeck wrote:
> Alan,
> 
> I would step up to be the maintainer for xauth if no one else is willing to do so.

I haven't seen anyone else show any interest in xauth in the two months since
you said that, so I guess you're it.  Enjoy!

If you don't already have a freedesktop.org account, you'll need one:
	http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/AccountRequests

And you'll probably want to read up on the X.Org Development practices:
	http://www.x.org/wiki/DeveloperStart
(though not everything in that page is fully up to date)

And for details on the Xauth mechanisms, see:
	http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXau/tree/README
	http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/man/man3/Xau.3.xhtml

(For instance, note that first one describes FamilyWild as being originally
 intended solely for XDMCP communication, not for storing in .Xauthority files.)

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