I faced the same issue of broken ssh scripts. My solution was to put the following into /etc/gdm3/PostLogin/Default: #!/bin/sh if [ ! -e $HOME/.Xauthority ]; then touch $HOME/.Xauthority chmod 600 $HOME/.Xauthority chown $USER.$USER $HOME/.Xauthority fi cat $XAUTHORITY > $HOME/.Xauthority exit 0