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From: Jonas de Buhr <jonas.de.buhr@gmx.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xauthority and su
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:31:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100407193143.40d88cd4@toxic.dbnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tkrat.733a78d08589831b@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>

>> oh wait... maybe the problem is something different? after the "su -"
>> you also lose the DISPLAY setting which was set after logging in with
>> "ssh -Y". you should check the DISPLAY variable before and after the
>> su on the remote machine. 
>> 
>That's the reason why I tried  sux  from x11-misc/sux .

well you will need both. proper authorization and a correct DISPLAY
variable.



      reply	other threads:[~2010-04-07 17:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-06  9:50 [gentoo-user] Xauthority and su Helmut Jarausch
2010-04-06 10:01 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-04-07 13:10 ` Jonas de Buhr
2010-04-07 13:13   ` Jonas de Buhr
2010-04-07 14:12     ` Helmut Jarausch
2010-04-07 14:42       ` Jonas de Buhr
2010-04-07 14:54       ` Jonas de Buhr
2010-04-07 16:39         ` Helmut Jarausch
2010-04-07 17:31           ` Jonas de Buhr [this message]

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