Re: ssh -X authentication with sudo
> On 2022-10-05 at 10:48, debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>
> >> On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 10:30:37AM +0100,
> >> debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:
>
> >>> Yes, I am running a GUI as root. It won't run as normal user.
> >>
> >> You seem to have missed the implied criticism and/or incredulity.
> >> Hint: look at the double question mark.
> >
> > Sorry, must have missed the memo that made an apparently-typo-ed
> > double question mark into an emoticon.
>
> It's not an emoticon. There is a convention, which if I'm not mistaken
> goes back decades and originates well before emoticons (and perhaps
> even *icons* in anything like the modern sense) were ever a thing,
> that "??" indicates not just a question but one asked with an air of
> incredulity.
I still missed the memo. So I didn't miss something I didn't know, and
can't find any evidence for.
> >> Switching to ssh -X root@ with a pubkey would actually *improve*
> >> your security, not that you really need a lot of security on your
> >> home LAN.
> >> on a widescreen, placing them on the side, as wm2 and wmx do,
> >> would save valuable vertical pixels. Of course that still leaves
> >> you running GUI admin programs as root, which is something you'll
> >> have to wean yourself from at your own pace.
> >
> > Perhaps you could explain why the debian manpage specifically says
> > it must be run as root then?
>
> What is "it" here? That is, what is the specific program to whose man
> page you're referring? (Identifying the exact man page would probably
> be best, for that purpose.)
Perhaps you should read the thread since I already posted its
invocation.
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