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On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:50:42 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> when maintaining a machine from remote I sometimes have to switch to |
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> a non-root user (whose password I don't want to know) to try something |
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> out. |
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> For that, I log into that machine by ssh -Y root@.... |
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> Now, how can I switch to user USER such that the X credentials |
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> are copied. |
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If you use key based authentication, you can log in directly as the user |
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without needing the password. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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