xauth problem - "unable to link authority file"

[A A]

Uninstalling the "Embassy Trust Suite" that was pre-installed in my
 Dell fixed the problem described below. xauth works fine now.

A search of the list revealed that this same Wave Systems Embassy Trust
 Suite software has caused other compatibility problems with cygwin as
 well.

Does anybody know, if this software did something useful or even
 important? I am not using the fingerprint reader and I have not enabled the
 TPM chip. Did I loose something by uninstalling it? (I know this is a
 question for some other list but just in case somebody else has studied
 this during their cygwin problems.)

Thank you very much and best regards.

CW

----- Original Message ----
> From: A A <cw4279@yahoo.com>
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:36:17 PM
> Subject: xauth problem - "unable to link authority file"
> 
> 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?
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> 
> Thank you very much.
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> 
> CW
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