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joe.koenig

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 14

[sux] xauth: (argv):1: unable to read any entries from file "(stdin)"

Sorry if I misplaced this posting.  I was torn between "Applications & Desktop Environments" and "System Administration".

I have an old version of the 'sux' program lying around, which does just fine.  Dunno how I got it.  Maybe an old AUR?  Doesn't matter.

 

$ ldd ~/mybin/bin/00\ \ sux
     not a dynamic executable
$ 00\ \ sux --version
     su from util-linux 2.27.1
$ sux --version
     su from util-linux 2.27.1

However, when trying to use the "new" (from current AUR) sux command, I get an error/warning message saying

   

xauth: (argv):1:  unable to read any entries from file "(stdin)"

Everything else seems to work seamlessly.  The 'sux' window does operate a root.  I'm just curious about this error/warning message.

My "root" configuration is very sparse:

# ls -a1 /root
  .Xauthority
  .bash_history
  .bash_profile
  .bashrc
  .gnupg
  .lesshst
  .viminfo
  .vimrc
  0.txt
  us_de
  us_de_working
  xinitrc_disabled

# cat .Xauthority .bashrc .bash_profile .profile

alias vi=vim
alias cp='cp -i'
alias rm='rm -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
setterm -blength 0
export EDITOR="vim" \
       VISUAL="xterm -e vim" \
       HISTFILESIZE=9998 \
       HISTSIZE=9998 \
       HISTIGNORE="?:??:???:date:exit:logout:startx:killall icewm:rm *:*shred*:shutdown *" \
       LESS=" -MMiSx4RC " \
       LESSEDIT="vim ?lt+%lt. %f" \
       LS_OPTIONS=' --color=auto -F -b -T 0' \
       GREP_COLOR='04;36;45' \
       GREP_COLORS='mt=04;36;45' \
       MANPAGER="less -+N" \
       PAGER="less -+N" \
       LANG=en_US.UTF-8

I then deleted the /root/.Xauthority file before launching the X session (as user 'joe').  To no avail.
This has been going on for many weeks/reboots.  Maybe some of you can shed some light on this.

Regards
Joe

Last edited by joe.koenig (2016-02-28 15:03:43)

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: [sux] xauth: (argv):1: unable to read any entries from file "(stdin)"

Seems to be a known problem. Check the comments here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sux/

Edit: Moving to "AUR Issues".

Last edited by x33a (2016-02-29 10:28:57)