xauth problem - "unable to link authority file"

[A A <cw4279 at yahoo dot com>]

I would greatly appreciate any help in resolving this issue.



I have XP Professional (5.1.2600 SP2) updated with the latest software from Windows update.


cygwin was installed with setup.exe within the last week.



Here is a simple way to reproduce the problem:



$ xauth -v -f authfile generate :0 . untrusted timeout 1200

xauth:  creating new authority file authfile

Using authority file authfile

authorization id is 66

Writing authority file authfile

xauth:  unable to link authority file authfile, use authfile-n



I assume it is trying to "link authfile-n authfile". Manually this works fine and I can also "unlink authfile-n".



What is a likely reason for the failure of "link authfile-n authfile" and is there a way to fix this?



Thank you very much.



CW







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