On 25 Dec 2001, Jens Müller wrote: > Since upgrading to Woody, X forwarding over ssh does not work any > longer, which is a bad thing, since I cannot run X programs as > super-user now.
Finding why ssh -X does not work anymore is a good thing. But your comment that says you cannot run programs as root anymore suggests that your are using ssh as a kind of 'su' alternative. In that case I suggest that you look at sux, an su-wrapper script which will do the xauth magic necessary for root to get access to your screen. Instead of typing 'su -', just type 'sux -'. You can get sux there: http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/sux and the Readme: http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/sux-readme.shtml One advantage is that with sux your X connection does not through the encryption/decryption cycle. But one thing it does not do is forward you ssh-agent. I which there was an ssu so that I could do 'ssu -A -X - foo' and have ssu login into my foo account (using a public key for instance), set up the xauth stuff and forward the ssh-aget connection. But not go through the encryption/decryption of each X packet! Well, I hope you will find sux useful. -- Francois Gouget [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fgouget.free.fr/ RFC 2549: ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2549.txt IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service
