Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:18:41 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm xhosts authorization confusing me Message-ID: <37E0FC41.1A1D77F6@confusion.net> References: <64092.937488901@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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that would work for one user, but if I want to be able to su to various
different local users, or come to root from different xdm username
logins, that won't work
Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:11:25 -0400, Laurence Berland wrote:
>
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>
> This is because xdm provides the user who logs in with a cookie which
> must be available later when clients try to display to your X server.
>
> An easy work-around is to provide root with a symlink to your user's
> .Xauthority file as follows:
>
> # cd /root
> # ln -s /home/username/.Xauthority
>
> Obviously, you would substitute for ``username'' whatever username you
> use to log in to XDM.
>
> Ciao,
> Sheldon.
--
Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate
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Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
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