xauth

Edit and display the authorization information used in connecting to the X server. More information: https://manned.org/xauth.

• Start interactive mode with a specific authority file (defaults to ~/.Xauthority):

xauth -f path/to/file

• Display information about the authority file:

xauth info

• Display authorization entries for all the displays:

xauth list

• Add an authorization for a specific display:

xauth add display_name protocol_name key

• Remove the authorization for a specific display:

xauth remove display_name

• Print the authorization entry for the current display to stdout:

xauth extract - $DISPLAY

• Merge the authorization entries from a specific file into the authorization database:

cat path/to/file | xauth merge -

• Display help:

xauth --help