Running x11vnc -findauth (and -auth guess as well) doesn't detect lightdm XAuthority file - Githubissues

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Running x11vnc -findauth (and -auth guess as well) doesn't detect lightdm XAuthority file #239

Open Firm opened 8 months ago

Firm commented 8 months ago

Version: 0.9.16

To Reproduce

Log as root at the node with lightdm running
Run x11vnc -findauth
See xauth: file /root/.Xauthority does not exist error

Expected Behavior

Log as root at the node with lightdm running
Run x11vnc -findauth
See XAUTHORITY=/var/run/lightdm/root/:0 (or XAUTHORITY=/var/run/lightdm/root/\:0) output

Screenshots (none)

Desktop (please complete the following information):

OS and version: ALT Server 10.1 (rpm-based)
Xorg version used: 1.20.14
Wayland version used: (none)

Additional context

Firm commented 8 months ago

Looks as I found and fix the issue.