On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:30:34 -0600 David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> $ /bin/su - > Password: > ahost ~# xeyes -display :0.0 > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Error: Can't open display: :0.0 > ahost ~# ln -s ~auser/.Xauthority .Xauthority Bingo! That, rather than copying .Xauthority, gave me a fix. Thank you. Now to automate carrying $DISPLAY over. Probably with an alias for su: alias su="su -w DISPLAY" > Whitelisting with -w should do nothing for you—knowing the display's > location doesn't authorise you to use it. True, but that gets $DISPLAY set up for root. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
