Date: 01 Aug 2003 10:52:34 -0400 From: Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> To: stan <stanb@panix.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ssh/root and remote X sessiosn Message-ID: <u2sbrv9h1l9.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030801143246.GA30259@teddy.fas.com> References: <20030801143246.GA30259@teddy.fas.com>
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stan <stanb@panix.com> writes: > I have my FreebSD machines set up in the current "preferred" (IE default) > ssh/tty setup which prohibits remote ssh logins. So to get to root I ssh as > my normal user, and su -. All is well, unless I need to run a client as > root. Even manually setting the DISPLAY variable does not seem to allow > this. > > How can I make this work? > You need to get xauth to work. Assuming you're ssh-ing as user USER, this is an easy to to achieve this. Type this after the "su". For csh or tcsh: setenv HOME ~USER For bash it's "export HOME=~USER". -- Dan Pelleg
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