fxkl4...@protonmail.com writes: > i log in to x session as user1 on host1 > from within a xterm i want to change to user2 on host1 and run x programs > the current way i do this is ssh user2@host1 > does using ssh on the same host use encryption > is there another way to do this > i feel like this has been hashed over here previously > i just can't find the answer
You can do it using su, after you have made the following changes: diff /etc/pam.d/su-l~ /etc/pam.d/su-l 6a7 > session optional pam_xauth.so I.e. add that session line to the end of the file. Some people might claim that this is insecure. I don't think it is in a single user environment.
