Command-line tool

xauth

brew/xauth

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X.Org Applications: xauth

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install xauth

Linux

brew install 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

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