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Date:      02 Jul 2000 08:45:50 -0700
From:      Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X-display from laptop to desk
Message-ID:  <m2bt0gy1qp.fsf@reader.ptw.com>
In-Reply-To: Jason Fesler's message of "Sat, 1 Jul 2000 18:13:55 -0700 (PDT)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007011813061.500-100000@heaven.gigo.com>

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Jason Fesler <jfesler@gigo.com> writes:

> > 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.

Ahhh... ok so su root *before* ssh'ing  that make sense.


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