Hi, does anybody know how to use X programs after su-ing to another user? It used to be that I could simply enter 'xhost +localhost', and it would work. But in more recent Suse distributions (currently running 9.1), it doesn't work like that anymore. I can get it to work by ssh-ing into localhost with the -X flag, but I don't want the encryption overhead for a local user. Thanks for any help, Claus
On Friday 20 August 2004 03:16, Claus Wilke wrote:
does anybody know how to use X programs after su-ing to another user?
Use 'sux' instead of 'su'
It used to be that I could simply enter 'xhost +localhost', and it would work. But in more recent Suse distributions (currently running 9.1), it doesn't work like that anymore.
No, the equivalent command in 9.1 is 'xhost +local:' but if you use 'sux' instead of 'su' you don't need it, as sux will transfer the X authentication cookie to the other user
Claus Wilke writes:
does anybody know how to use X programs after su-ing to another user? It used to be that I could simply enter 'xhost +localhost', and it would work. But in more recent Suse distributions (currently running 9.1), it doesn't work like that anymore.
I've got 9.1 here and it works for me... Check to make sure your $DISPLAY environment variable is still set correctly after you su. -Ti
I apologise if this has been discussed and I've missed it, but what's happened to "gnomesu" (or gtksu)? I cannot run YaST from Gnome - it complains about gnomesu missing, though occasionally, not always, kdesu will pop up. Usually though, I have to run the ncurses version in a terminal. There don't seem to be any recent versions of gnomesu available. David
I apologise if this has been discussed and I've missed it, but what's happened to "gnomesu" (or gtksu)? I cannot run YaST from Gnome - it complains about gnomesu missing, though occasionally, not always, kdesu will pop up. Usually though, I have to run the ncurses version in a terminal. There don't seem to be any recent versions of gnomesu available.
ogley@jogley:~> rpm -qf `which gnomesu` xsu-0.3-209 -- James Ogley, Webmaster, usr local bin & Planet SuSE james@rubberturnip.org.uk www.rubberturnip.org.uk Updated GNOME packages for SUSE LINUX: www.usr-local-bin.org Latest SUSE News and Blogs: www.planetsuse.org
I apologise if this has been discussed and I've missed it, but what's happened to "gnomesu" (or gtksu)? I cannot run YaST from Gnome - it complains about gnomesu missing, though occasionally, not always, kdesu will pop up. Usually though, I have to run the ncurses version in a terminal. There don't seem to be any recent versions of gnomesu available.
ogley@jogley:~> rpm -qf `which gnomesu` xsu-0.3-209 --
Its xsu-0.3.1-35 now. Thanks, James. David
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