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Date:      Fri, 05 Sep 2003 23:31:39 -0700
From:      Pat Lashley <patl+freebsd@volant.org>
To:        "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PAM, X11, and su as a normal user? (fwd)
Message-ID:  <680642704.1062829899@mccaffrey.phoenix.volant.org>
In-Reply-To: <200309060613.h866DT2E062662@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
References:  <200309060613.h866DT2E062662@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>

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--On Friday, September 05, 2003 23:13:29 -0700 "Steven G. Kargl" 
<kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> 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,

Try 'ssh -X kargl@localhost' instead of 'su kargl'.  You shouldn't
notice the overhead of the ssh protocol; and its a lot easier than
messing around with the X11 authentication cruft.



-Pat



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