Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 08:52:22 -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: <200309061552.h86FqMXk065565@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <1062834192.29432.1.camel@pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 03:41, Steven G. Kargl wrote: > > 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 I take this back. $XAUTHORITY was pointing at the wrong .Xauthority file. > > their defaults $HOME/.Xauthority. I used > > xauth to ensure the key for troutmask is > > the same for both users. > > Then it "ought" to work. > It works now that I that I fixed .cshrc to properly set $XAUTHORITY. Thanks for your help. -- Steve http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~kargl/
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200309061552.h86FqMXk065565>