Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 12:18:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: PAM, X11, and su as a normal user? Message-ID: <200309051918.h85JIe20059400@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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After a few hours of frustation, it's time to ask a question. I have 2 accounts on my machine. I use startx to start X11 as user kargl. If I then su to user sgk, I cannot fire up X clients. For example, troutmask:kargl[202] su sgk Password: troutmask:sgk[201] gnuplot Terminal type set to 'x11' gnuplot> plot sin(x) gnuplot> gnuplot: unable to open display 'troutmask.apl.washington.edu:0' gnuplot: X11 aborted. I've tried using "xhost sgk@", but this doesn't work. The only thing I can think of that may need to be configured is PAM, but the documentation is rather incomplete. So, anyone know how to setup su to permit sgk to use X clients? -- Steve http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~kargl/
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