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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--QTprm0S8XgL7H0Dt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --QTprm0S8XgL7H0Dt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQE/WO0JdtESqEQa7a0RArQLAJ9E5VPS0FA7zYlKVpkgSs7i5+3kxQCYj83j PfsodI/caOcjwAqLHXgmXA== =kd9R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --QTprm0S8XgL7H0Dt--
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