Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 00:41:57 -0700 (PDT) From: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAM, X11, and su as a normal user? (fwd) Message-ID: <200309060741.h867fv0a063136@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <1062829529.27889.37.camel@pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu>
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Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote: > 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? > $XAUTHORITY is not set. Both users use their defaults $HOME/.Xauthority. I used xauth to ensure the key for troutmask is the same for both users. -- Steve http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~kargl/
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