You can choose to enter commands interactively from DCL, or enter the utility and issue commands from the xauth command line. Note that SYS$LOGIN:DECW$XAUTHORITY.DECW$XAUTH is the default X authority file. If you want to work with an alternate file, use the -f option on the command line to specify the filename, as follows: $ XAUTH -f SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]UNTRUSTED.DECW$XAUTH Using authority file SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR]UNTRUSTED.DECW$XAUTH xauth> Tips and Shortcuts o If you are working with an X authority file other than the default, and plan to enter a series of commands, use the XAUTH -f command to enter the utility; then issue the subsequent commands from the utility command line. Otherwise, you will need to reenter the fully-qualified filename with each xauth command issued from the DCL command line. o When adding a file entry, you can specify a period (.) in place of the value MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1. The period is replaced by the name of the authentication protocol.