Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 21:07:37 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAM, X11, and su as a normal user? Message-ID: <20030905200737.GB45683@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200309051918.h85JIe20059400@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <200309051918.h85JIe20059400@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 12:18:40PM -0700, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
> After a few hours of frustation, it's time to ask a question.
>=20
> 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,
>=20
> troutmask:kargl[202] su sgk
> Password:
> troutmask:sgk[201] gnuplot
> Terminal type set to 'x11'
> gnuplot> plot sin(x)
> gnuplot>=20
> gnuplot: unable to open display 'troutmask.apl.washington.edu:0'
> gnuplot: X11 aborted.
>=20
> 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?
As user kargl:
% xauth nextract /tmp/foo ${DISPLAY}
As user sgk:
% xauth nmerge /tmp/foo
and remember to delete /tmp/foo as soon as possible.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
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