Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 19:36:36 +0200 (MET DST) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com (user alias) Subject: Re: should su retain ${DISPLAY} Message-ID: <199504081736.TAA10286@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199504081344.PAA00343@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Apr 8, 95 03:44:00 pm
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> > What do people think about an extension to the su(1) command that > retains the ${DISPLAY} variable even across an ``su -''? Excuse my ignorance: What does su - do? I don't see it documented. It looks like it executes roots dotfiles. I also see $DISPLAY preserved during a normal 'su'. When you su to root from a normal user you can't connect to the server (0:0) anyway (unless you have enabled access before - xhost +). > > Seen on IRIX, think it's nice to have it. > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de FreeBSD blues 2.1.0-Development FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development #0: Mon Apr 3 17:10:12 MET DST 1995 root@blues:/usr/src/sys/compile/BLUESGUS i386
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