Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 14:40:18 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X-display from laptop to desk Message-ID: <20000702144018.C13133@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <20000702191902.A34291@keltia.freenix.fr>; from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr on Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 07:19:02PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007011813061.500-100000@heaven.gigo.com> <m2bt0gy1qp.fsf@reader.ptw.com> <20000702191902.A34291@keltia.freenix.fr>
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Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> probably said: > Instead of ssh-ing as root, use some utility such as calife (found > in ports/security/calife) or sudo to become root. That way, the > authentication is not a problem anymore. I like keeping my enviroment when I su (yes, I know there are pitfalls with this and I allow for them) so use 'su -m' on a FreeBSD box (there are ways to do with with most any UNIX OS, but they're all different). This retains $HOME, so $HOME/.Xauthority is still valid, so ssh X forwarding still works. The only problem I've had was in testing OpenSSH; it seems to use per session Xauthority files. While this isn't a bad idea in itself, it breaks xauth through an su which means it's useless to me. Anyone hit this already and found a way to work around it ? P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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