macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install xauthlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install xauthMacPorts ports tree · x11/xauth/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add xauthAlpine Linux edge package indexes · xauth · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#xauthnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/xa/xauth/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install xauthopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · xauth · 来源: download.opensuse.org
Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-xauthFedora Rawhide package metadata · xorg-x11-xauth · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
概览
软件包摘要
X.Org Applications: xauth
历史
项目历史与用法
xauth is the X.Org X authority file utility. It edits and displays the authorization records used when X clients connect to an X server, especially records stored in the user's X authority file.
项目历史
The xauth manual credits Jim Fulton of the MIT X Consortium as author, placing the utility in the long-running X11 security and display-access toolchain. The current upstream project is maintained as an X.Org application under freedesktop.org, where the GitLab project describes it as the 'X authority file utility.'
xauth was carried into the modular X.Org application set. X.Org's public release pages describe the post-X11R7.7 model in which individual modules are released independently, and the xauth repository follows that model with standalone tags such as xauth-1.0.3 in 2008 and later 1.1.x releases.
采用历史
xauth became infrastructure rather than an end-user application: display managers, startx workflows, remote shells, and administrators use authority records so X clients can prove they are allowed to connect. Its persistence across X.Org releases, Unix distributions, and macOS X11 environments follows from that role.
The GitLab project shows the repository under the xorg/app namespace, and the mirrored cgit page lists a long X.Org history, older XFree86-era tags, and recent xauth release tags through xauth-1.1.5 in December 2025.
使用方式
The manual describes xauth commands such as add, generate, extract, merge, list, and remove. A typical remote workflow is to extract the record for the current DISPLAY and merge it on another host, as in the manual's ssh pipeline example.
xauth normally uses the file named by XAUTHORITY, falling back to $HOME/.Xauthority. It does not usually create the first authority entry itself; the program that starts the X server, such as xdm or startx, usually does that.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
For package maintainers and Unix users, xauth is the tiny command that makes X11 forwarding and cross-user X sessions understandable and scriptable. It is one of those small X.Org packages whose value is disproportionate to its size because many remote-GUI workflows fail without a correct authority file.
时间线
- MIT X Consortium era: xauth is authored as the X authority file utility by Jim Fulton.
- 2008: xauth 1.0.3 is announced on xorg-announce as an individual X.Org app release.
- 2012: X11R7.7 is released; X.Org later continues mostly with independent module releases.
- 2018: The freedesktop.org GitLab project page records creation of the xorg/app/xauth project.
- 2025: The cgit mirror lists xauth-1.1.4 and xauth-1.1.5 release tags.
Related projects
- The xauth manual points to X(7), Xsecurity(7), xhost(1), Xserver(1), xdm(1), startx(1), and Xau(3). In practice, xauth sits beside these X11 access-control and session-startup tools.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
- Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 6 个平台目标。
- 安装时包含 4 个运行时依赖。
- 构建元数据列出 2 个构建依赖。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
$XAUTHORITY~/.Xauthority
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
xauth | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-07-26
管理器版本1.1.5
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游not checked
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度
- 信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.x.org/none 置信度
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:xauth |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.1.5 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/xauth |
| 主页 | https://www.x.org/ |
| 仓库 | https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xauth |
| 上游文档 | https://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/man/man1/xauth.1.html |
| 许可证 | MIT-open-group |
| 源码归档 | https://www.x.org/pub/individual/app/xauth-1.1.5.tar.xz |
| 依赖 | libx11, libxau, libxext, libxmu |
| 构建依赖 | pkgconf, util-macros |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | xauth |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Debian apt95%
xauth 1:1.1.2-1.1
X authentication utility
sudo apt install xauth- Section: x11
- Architecture: amd64
- 5 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Xauth
Nix95%
xauth
nix profile install nixpkgs#xauth- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Xauth
Ubuntu apt95%
xauth 1:1.1.2-1build1
X authentication utility
sudo apt install xauth- Section: x11
- Architecture: amd64
- 5 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Xauth
apk95%
xauth 1.1.5-r0
X.Org authorization settings program
sudo apk add xauth- License: custom
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: xauth
- 1 依赖
- 1 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Xauth
apk95%
xauth-doc 1.1.5-r0
X.Org authorization settings program (documentation)
sudo apk add xauth-doc- License: custom
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: xauth
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Xauth
dnf95%
xorg-x11-xauth 1.1.5-1.fc44
X.Org X11 X authority utilities
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-xauth- License: MIT-open-group
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: xorg-x11-xauth
- 6 依赖
- 2 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Xauth
zypper95%
xauth 1.1.5-1.3
Utility to edit and display the X authorization information
sudo zypper install xauth- License: MIT
- Category: System/X11/Utilities
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: xauth
- 5 依赖
- 2 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Xauth
MacPorts95%
xauth
sudo port install xauth- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Xauth
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment