stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have my FreebSD machines set up in the current "preferred" (IE default) > ssh/tty setup which prohibits remote ssh logins. So to get to root I ssh as > my normal user, and su -. All is well, unless I need to run a client as > root. Even manually setting the DISPLAY variable does not seem to allow > this. > > How can I make this work? >
You need to get xauth to work. Assuming you're ssh-ing as user USER, this is an easy to to achieve this. Type this after the "su". For csh or tcsh: setenv HOME ~USER For bash it's "export HOME=~USER". -- Dan Pelleg _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
