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Am Freitag 23 November 2007 schrieb Billy Holmes: |
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> Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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> > No difference with "su -". I don't have any line in root's *rc files |
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> > which set the DISPLAY. |
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> $ set | grep XAUTH |
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> $ su - |
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> # set | grep XAUTH |
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> notice, they will be different. |
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> It boils down to security. |
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> you can do it two ways. |
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> $ su - |
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> # export XAUTHORITY=/home/$OLDUSER/.Xauthority |
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> # xterm |
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> -OR- |
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> $ xauth extract /tmp/keys.txt $DISPLAY |
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> $ su - |
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> # xauth merge /tmp/keys.txt |
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> # xterm |
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Sorry, but I don't get your point. How does this explain why root has a |
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correct $DISPLAY after using "su" or "su -"? |
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BTW: On another box running Ubuntu (too slow for all the compiling), using su |
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doesn't set $DISPLAY for root, which is the behaviour I would expect. |
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Bye... |
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Dirk |
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