On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 10:20:00AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> User's DISPLAY not revealed
>
> After su DISPLAY=:0.0
>
> (exit)
>
> User's DISPLAY not revealed
>
> After su - DISPLAY=:0
Well, that's pretty clear evidence that they're hard-coding the equivalent
of "export DIS
On Wed 06 Jan 2021 at 07:35:08 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 10:38:39PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > But here on debian-user, I was really more interested in why the value
> > of DISPLAY was apparently changed by one su and not the other (or
> > perhaps by both). The exp
On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 10:38:39PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> But here on debian-user, I was really more interested in why the value
> of DISPLAY was apparently changed by one su and not the other (or
> perhaps by both). The explanation, "probably with an alias for su",
> alias su="su -w DISPLAY"
On Mon 04 Jan 2021 at 07:32:44 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 07:52:40PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 10:24:44AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
> > > On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:30:34 -0600 David Wright wrote:
> > >
> > > > $ /bin/su -
> > > > Pa
On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 08:36:09AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 07:48:03AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> > I parsed the preceding conversation as indicating that
> >
> > $ ln -sf /home/auser/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority
> >
> > produced a setup that worked, but
> >
> > $
On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 07:48:03AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> I parsed the preceding conversation as indicating that
>
> $ ln -sf /home/auser/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority
>
> produced a setup that worked, but
>
> $ cp /home/auser/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority
>
> produced one that didn't. Th
On 2021-01-04 at 07:32, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 07:52:40PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 10:24:44AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
>>> Bingo! That, rather than copying .Xauthority, gave me a fix.
>>
>> Huh? That is strange. I mean: great it wor
On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 07:52:40PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 10:24:44AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
> > On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:30:34 -0600
> > David Wright wrote:
> >
> > > $ /bin/su -
> > > Password:
> > > ahost ~# xeyes -display :0.0
> > > Xlib: connectio
On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 19:52:40 +0100
wrote:
> > > ahost ~# ln -s ~auser/.Xauthority .Xauthority
> >
> > Bingo! That, rather than copying .Xauthority, gave me a fix.
>
> Huh? That is strange. I mean: great it worked for you, but I'd
> like to learn what is going on there :-)
I quite agree. S
On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 10:24:44AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:30:34 -0600
> David Wright 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 S
On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:30:34 -0600
David Wright 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
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