On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 05:00:23PM +0100, Michael Eyrich wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 10:41:05AM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > | An easier wethod: > | > | $ su > | # export XAUTHORITY=~user/.Xauthority > > This won't work, if ~user is NFS-mounted with the > 'root_squash'-option, because 'nobody' won't be allowed to read ~users > .Xauthority.
It also won't work if SE Linux or RSBAC access controls forbid root from reading this file, or if the user's X authority tokens are not in ~/.Xauthority, or any number of other reasons. The point was that it is simple. Anyone running a largish multiuser system with NFS-mounted home directories already understands these issues. Others are asking questions. -- - mdz
