one sunny day on Debian8.7 as a result of this action: dwaves.de/2017/05/10/linux-sftp-ssh-how-to-limit-users-to-their-home-directories/ i got the stated error message: /usr/bin/xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/user/.Xauthority root@debian:/home/user# ls -lah|grep ICE -rwxrwxrwx 1 user user 4.7K May 10 16:25 .ICEauthority # chmod … Continue reading Could not update ICEauthority file /home/user/.ICEauthority