xauth misses security extension

[Morche Matthias]

> Morche Matthias wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I am no longer able to use xauth. It misses the security extension
> > within XWin. Has this been removed on purpose and would you please
> > explain why?
> 
> Xorg 7.4 includes XACE, which provides a superset of 
> Xsecurity/APPGROUP,
> which are disabled by default.
> 
> Can you clarify in what way you are not able to use xauth?

Cannot create a working .Xauthority:

$ xauth generate :0 . trusted
xauth: (argv):1:  couldn't query Security extension on display ":0"

$ echo $DISPLAY
127.0.0.1:0.0

$ xauth generate $DISPLAY . trusted
xauth: (argv):1:  couldn't query Security extension on display
"127.0.0.1:0.0"

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