Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 02:25:30 -0400 From: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu> To: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAM, X11, and su as a normal user? (fwd) Message-ID: <1062829529.27889.37.camel@pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200309060613.h866DT2E062662@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <200309060613.h866DT2E062662@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 02:13, Steven G. Kargl wrote: > I have 2 accounts on my freebsd-current 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, Is $XAUTHORITY still set in the subshell? Can both users read the Xauthority file? -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] allbery@kf8nh.com system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon univ. KF8NH URGENT! E-xpedient nuked APK subdomains; kf8nh.apk.net is DEAD. Sorry.
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