# RStudio when launched without Singularity is having strange troubles with authentication

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**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/rstudio-when-launched-without-singularity-is-having-strange-troubles-with-authentication/1213 "2020-11-18T22:13:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![charles8ronson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/charles8ronson/32/446_2.png) [@charles8ronson](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/charles8ronson)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/rstudio-when-launched-without-singularity-is-having-strange-troubles-with-authentication/1213/21 "2020-11-23T18:23:59Z")

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… Okay so can confirm replacing ‘-ne’ with ‘-lt’ in the `template/bin/auth` totally fixed our issue. I absolutely love that this worked and thanks for the call out… but dang SO much time for that one issue.

Thanks!

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