[Bug 437296] New: gdm sets weird XAUTHORITY
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=437296 Summary: gdm sets weird XAUTHORITY Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Factory Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME AssignedTo: bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mfabian@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Development gdm sets weird XAUTHORITY. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #6 from Egbert Eich
Why does gdm use a special directory for XAUTHORITY? Is this a bug or a feature? I think it's considered a feature. But the env variable XAUTHORITY is there to allow it to be located in different places.
Why does the display look so weird:
#ffff#6d6167656c6c616e#:0 I assume this is also contained in the DISPLAY environment variable.
If this doesn't work with xauth it should not be used. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Why does the display look so weird:
#ffff#6d6167656c6c616e#:0 I assume this is also contained in the DISPLAY environment variable.
No. # echo $DISPLAY :0.0 # xauth list #ffff#7368616e6e6f6e#:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 a4a914bf45ad950fb9981d07cdfd6b13 # echo $XAUTHORITY /var/run/gdm/auth-for-sndirsch-H10SQ9/database # ssh magellan Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. [...] -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #21 from Mike Fabian
as written in my comment, I have gdm installed with the update from Oct 9; nevertheless, also ssh x forwarding STILL does not work work me...
This is what I did as well and it fixed the problem for me. The output of "xauth list" looks normal for me now. If it still doesn’t work fo you, could you please tell us what you see as the output of xauth list echo $XAUTHORITY echo $DISPLAY You did restart gdm after doing the update I suppose? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #26 from Carlos Robinson
Updating gdm package should be sufficient.
Weird. Yast says there is no new version available in the oss repo. I think there is a problem with the repos, too. I get this warning: ] There was an error in the repository initialization. ] 'OSS_(gwdg5)': Repository not Cached I changed the oss repo to "http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss/" and I get another error: ] Unable to save changes to the repository configuration ] Details: ] redirector_OSS: Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s) ] History: ] - Signature verification failed for content ] Try again? If I say "no" I loose all my changes. Is this another Bug? Temporary? Do I report it on another Bugzilla? (I'm getting tired of filling Bugzillas, more than a dozen in three days... :-) ) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Just a workaround I mentioned in my corresponding SR: Start YaST from gui once, enter root password and possibly quit YaST
Yes, YaST now works from the GUI.
Then I next could use su and start applications from the terminal. This worked for me until next logout/logon.
No, this doesn't work for me. I can not start any graphical app as root from the terminal, if I do "su -", but it works if I do "su". But not being able to do "su -" means that the path is incorrect, it is the user path, not root's path. minas-morgul:~ # gedit No protocol specified (gedit:29677): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 minas-morgul:~ # It is also working now if I do ssh - but I have to try after I log out and in again. Wow! Another problem: ssh as root hangs on logout from ssh. I had to kill the client. (In reply to comment #33 from Hans Petter Jansson)
It shouldn't stop working after you re-login. What do the latest entries in your gdm and libgnomesu changelogs say?
(e.g. rpm -q --changelog gdm | head -10) minas-morgul:~ # rpm -q --changelog gdm | head -10 * Thu Oct 16 2008 hpj@novell.com - Update gdm-domain-logon.patch, removing some dead code and a signal callback that is no longer being used. * Thu Oct 09 2008 hpj@novell.com - Replace gdm-2.23.92-host-wild.patch with gdm-xauthlocalhostname.patch. The new patch sets the XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME env var instead of setting the cookie's family to FamilyWild. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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