On 7 Apr, Jonas de Buhr wrote:
>
>>I do have X11 forwarding configured and I don't have any problems
>>when working as the same user for which I logged in via ssh -Y.
>>But if I change the user by using su (doesn't work) or sux (works on
>>a local machine), Xauthorization fails.
>
> oh wait... maybe the problem is something different? after the "su -"
> you also lose the DISPLAY setting which was set after logging in with
> "ssh -Y". you should check the DISPLAY variable before and after the su
> on the remote machine.
>
That's the reason why I tried sux from x11-misc/sux .
Helmut.
