I've tried that before it doesn't work either.
On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 12:57, Dumas Patrice wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 09:16:44AM -0500, Jeff Bearer wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have some strange beahvior and I can't figure out what the deal is. > > Some of my servers I can ssh to, su to root and tunnel an x program like > > up2date. Others won't and give me this error: > > > > X connection to <hostname>:12.0 broken (explicit kill or server > > shutdown) > > > > If I connect to the server as root I can tunnel X, just not when I su to > > root. The servers are both RH 7.2 and are both up to date. I don't see > > any reason why they are behaving diffrently. Does anybody know why? > > I haven't a definite answer, but you should try > su - instead of su. I know su - emulates a login and su doesn't. For example > when I do a su LOGNAME is still my user name, with su - it is root. Maybe > something like that is creating trouble. > > Pat > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Jeff Bearer, RHCE Webmaster PittsburghLIVE.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list