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Re: su/sudo cannot X



On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 03:37:25PM +0000, Noah Dain wrote:
> On 1/18/06, Peter McAlpine <peter@aoeu.ca> wrote:
> > Security feature or not... when I'm troubleshooting I sometimes want
> > this disabled. If 'xhost +' no longer disables all access control, I'd
> > be interested in hearing the new way to it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Peter
> >
<snip>
> try putting this in /root/.bashrc:
> 
> # allow root to run programs when another
> # user is in X
> if [ ! "$USER" = "root" ]; then
> export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority
> fi
> 
> or just run the export line.  now you should be able to su to root and
> run an X11 client locally.
> 
<snip>

Thanks, but I'm also interested in hearing how to disable all access
control for remote connections. How can I do this?

-Peter

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