Bret, thanks for the reply. I thought this worked on 7.3 as well, but I installed 8.0 on my laptop and cannot figure out what is going on. I have another computer in my office, that is 7.3 so I'll give it a try to see what happens.
What version of SSH is on your machine. I am using SSH tunneling. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bret Hughes > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: running remote window through sudo and ssh > > > On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 17:54, Chad Skinner wrote: > > I have ssh setup on the server and can run a remote xwindows > application on > > the local machine, but I am trying to setup the system so some > of our users > > can run a few of the utilities as root using sudo. The problem > is that when > > the user issues the sudo command the xserver drops the > connection stating > > invalid authentication. I have seen this before when executing > programs as > > root and I had to add localhost using xhost. I have tries adding both > > localhost and the remote ip on both hosts (before and after using ssh to > > reach the remote computer) to no avail. Does anyone have any > ideas what I > > need to do to solve this issue. > > > > FWIW I tried this and it worked. what does sudo env show? on my test > it was using the ssh tunneled display: > > [bhughes@compaq2 bhughes]$ sudo env|grep DISPLAY > DISPLAY=compaq2.brets.elevating.com:10.0 > > [bhughes@compaq2 bhughes]$ sudo -V > Sudo version 1.6.3 > > This worked for me on both a 6.0 server with a bootloadof updates and a > 7.2 install > > Are you using the ssh Xforwarding or setting the display variable > manually? > > Bret > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
