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Sharing an X11 Server Across Hosts with FamilyWild


2026-08-02 Sharing an X Server Across Hosts with FamilyWild Ever tried running an X11 application from inside a container, a chroot, or over ssh with a bind-mounted .Xauthority — only to be greeted by the ever-helpful Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified? The file is right there, mounted read-only where the client expects it, and yet X refuses the connection. The reason is subtle, and the fix is a single line of sed.

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