What you might do is chmod +s scriptname (and make sure the script
owner:group is proper. ie. chown user:user scriptname)
Hope this helps.
Robert Soros
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> Trying to get a handle on xauthoriz.ation issues. I would
> like to understand the care and maintenance of the
> ~/.Xauthority file. I have a script that needs to run as
> another user. I have to su - otheruser to run the script.
> It uses scp to download a graphics file and then displays it
> via ee. The problem is that the user does not have
> authority to connect to the display. If I use xhost
> +localhost before I run the script everything is ok.
>
> How do I get this to work without manually doing the xhost
> thing? I tried to merge the .Xauthority file from the
> otheruser into mine with mkxauth -u myid -m otheruser and
> got a messages syting they were merged but still no worky.
> What Am I missing?
>
> Every time I get into xauthorizatioin issues I read that
> using Xauthority is more secure so i figured I would try to
> get a handle on it but I am obviously failing miserably.
>
> Any insights appreciated.
>
> Bret
>
>
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