On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:51:53 -0500 Hector Gonzalez <ca...@genac.org> wrote:
> You can also do this, assuming your original user is "user": > XAUTHORITY=~user/.Xauthority > export XAUTHORITY > DISPLAY=:0.0 > export DISPLAY > and use x with that. You don't add permissions, and there is no need to > use ssh to forward localhost connections. If XAUTHORITY is missing, you > need xauth installed, but that should already be there if you have ssh > and X anyway. root should have permission to read ~user/.Xauthority > unless you are using a non local home directory. OTOH, having done nothing to configure ssh, I have ssh -X working perfectly, allowing me to run on my desktop a pcmanfm to manage files on the remote box. Cheers, Ron. -- One way to make your old car run better is to look up the price of a new model. -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org -- _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng