> On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 02:30:06PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > Andrew Cady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > As others have pointed out, sudo does not by default preserve its
> > > environment when starting privileged processes. To get X working, you
> > > will want to have sudoers retain both DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY.
>
> [...]
>
> > In the discussion of this sudo "bug" (upgrade), it was suggested to
> > add this line to /etc/sudoers:
> >
> > Defaults env_reset,env_keep+="DISPLAY HOME XAUTHORIZATION"
>
> Other than the fact that the proper variable is XAUTHORITY rather than
> XAUTHORIZATION, this line is correct. It is not safe to retain HOME,
> though.
Thanks. This line added to /etc/sudoers allows now me to start tkl
applications using sudo:
Defaults env_reset,env_keep+="DISPLAY XAUTHORITY"
--
Haines Brown
KB1GRM
ET1(SS) U.S.S. Irex 482
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
