su and x (was Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing)
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Jörg Schütter wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:36:25 +0200 (EET)
> Martin Fluch <fluch@rock.helsinki.fi> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Rick Moen wrote:
> >
> > > It's a little simpler to do:
> > >
> > > $ ssh -X root@localhost
> >
> > Even easier: the following lines in the /root/.bashrc do the same trick:
> >
> > if [ ! "$LOGNAME" = "root" ]; then
> > export XAUTHORITY=/home/$LOGNAME/.Xauthority
> > fi
> >
> This solution doesn't work with "su -"
>
> > And then su works without any problem (and computational overhead as the
> > ssh sollution).
>
> You can decrease the "overhead" with ssh -c des -X root@localhost
And for what reason use ssh when the application can connect directly to
X. Why insert ssh inbetween?
Cheers,
- Martin
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