On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 12:37:34PM -0400, Travis Crump wrote: > Carel Fellinger wrote: ... > >I think you did `su', not `su -'. > > > >A mere `su' merely changes your identity, but the environment stays the > >same. In particular $HOME. So when you launce an X-appl, the authorisation > >cookie is read from /home/other-user/.Xauthority, and you really being root > >and allowed to read anything this works. ...
> I just did a plain 'su' followed by a 'echo $HOME' and got /root. Then My bad:(, it's XAUTHORITY that's relevant. Same story, different name. > I tried to open a graphical program as root which I always thought just > worked and got an: > > GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: > Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols > specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. I don't know which program generates this message, doesn't look like X, more of a Gnome thing. > But the program still started and ran fine. Though if I do a 'su -' I > can't open a graphical program as others have said... That's because XAUTHORITY isn't set, nor is the X-cookie merged into root's ~/.Xauthority file > I have a pretty vanilla default woody install and haven't fiddled around > with that much. me too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
