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Subject: Re: X-display from laptop to desk
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> If I su to root on the remote, I can no longer run anthing that needs
> X.  For example:

That's because your authentication changed.

What we do at work i  "ssh root@localhost", give the root password,
and a new set of X forwarding is created.  At this point you can
now run X apps as root.




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