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hussam

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ICEauthority file

This file contains tokens for authentication for ICE if I understand correctly. The actual IPC socket files it references are in /tmp/.ICE-unix/.

Upon log off (Xorg exit), the entries in /tmp/.ICE-unix/ are purged but the references to them in ~/.ICEauthority file aren't.
I suppose this is because X exits after my gnome session is over so the entries may still be needed till then.
However, after logging in again, ~/.ICEauthority file will contain references to new entries and old non existing entries.

Is it possible to auto clean stale entries from  ~/.ICEauthority? Would it make more sense for .ICEauthority file to exist in /run/user/$UID instead?

Last edited by hussam (2015-11-24 08:34:04)

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Re: ICEauthority file

Questions you might direct upstream...

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hussam

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Re: ICEauthority file

Ok. Where? Xorg?