usage: /usr/bin/xauth [-options ...] [command arg ...] where options include: -f authfilename name of authority file to use -v turn on extra messages -q turn off extra messages -i ignore locks on authority file -b break locks on authority file -n do not resolve host names in authority file -V, --version show version number of xauth and commands have the following syntax: add dpyname protoname hexkey add entry exit save changes and exit program extract filename dpyname... extract entries into file help [topic] print help info print information about entries list [dpyname...] list entries merge filename... merge entries from files nextract filename dpyname... numerically extract entries nlist [dpyname...] numerically list entries nmerge filename... numerically merge entries quit abort changes and exit program remove dpyname... remove entries source filename read commands from file version show version number of xauth ? list available commands generate dpyname protoname [options] use server to generate entry options are: timeout n authorization expiration time in seconds trusted clients using this entry are trusted untrusted clients using this entry are untrusted group n clients using this entry belong to application group n data hexkey auth protocol specific data needed to generate the entry A dash may be used with the "merge" and "source" to read from the standard input. Commands beginning with "n" use numeric format.