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Date:      Sat, 06 Sep 2003 02:25:30 -0400
From:      "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
To:        "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PAM, X11, and su as a normal user? (fwd)
Message-ID:  <1062829529.27889.37.camel@pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200309060613.h866DT2E062662@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
References:  <200309060613.h866DT2E062662@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>

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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?

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brandon s. allbery    [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl]     allbery@kf8nh.com
system administrator      [WAY too many hats]        allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon univ.         KF8NH
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