openssh & XEmacs gnuclient issue

[Chris Green]

In switching to openssh from ssh-1.2.27, I have encountered the
following problem with the way openssh handles its XAUTHORITY files
separately from ~/.Xauthority.

XEmacs has a gnuserv process that runs and allows commands to be
issued to a remote XEmacs process.  The trouble is when the command is
to make a new frame ( window ) on a different X display, it fails
because the Xauth cookie is not in .Xauthority and the user's process
on the remote machine is not.  I think XEmacs is one of the few
programs in common use to handle multiple displays.

What advantage is it to separate the ssh cookie into a separate file
aside from making it easier to nuke cookies when closing a connection?

Would it be possible to switch to use the user's ~/.Xauthority?

Cheers,
Chris
-- 
Chris Green <sprout at dok.org> <grapeape at uab.edu>
Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
                - Doctor Who, "The Wheel in Space"