On Sep 17, 2:32pm, der.hans wrote:
> I've got a RH 7.1 box ( basic out of the box install ). I'm trying to ssh to
> it, su to root, then open an X app back on my desktop.
>
> Initial setup works fine. Then I move it to another network and my account
> can do X stuff, but root can't.
Try the following:
1) As yourself (i.e. prior to becoming root), do:
echo $XAUTHORITY
This'll display something like /tmp/ssh-XXRk1TWd/cookies.
2) After you become root, do:
export XAUTHORITY=/tmp/ssh-XXRk1TWd/cookies
Obviously, you'd change the thing on the RHS of the ``='' to the name
of the cookie file obtained in step 1.
If anyone knows of a way to automagically set this up, please let
me know. (Hmm... I guess an expect script could be used to set this
up...)
Kevin
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