On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 08:15:23AM -0600, D. R. Evans wrote:
> David Wright wrote on 05/26/2015 05:35 PM:
>
> >>> If I understand you correctly, I think that you are saying that:
> >>> n7dr@shack:~$ AUTHORITY=/home/n7dr/.Xauthority HOME=/root sudo -E xterm
> >>
> >> I probably misunderstood you.
David Wright wrote on 05/26/2015 05:35 PM:
>>> If I understand you correctly, I think that you are saying that:
>>> n7dr@shack:~$ AUTHORITY=/home/n7dr/.Xauthority HOME=/root sudo -E xterm
>>
>> I probably misunderstood you.
>
> No, but you left out the X in XAUTHORITY.
I'm glad that one of us
On Tue, 26 May 2015 13:43:57 -0600, D. R. Evans wrote:
>
> If I log in as a normal user over ssh, I can run X programs fine. (For
> example, typing "xterm" brings up the expected terminal.)
>
> However, if I execute "sudo xterm", then I receive the message:
>
> X11 connection rejected because of w
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 02:58:47PM -0600, D. R. Evans wrote:
> Reco wrote on 05/26/2015 01:53 PM:
>
> >
> > Yet there's a way to solve your problem - get a habit of running
> > X clients like this:
> >
> > HOME=/root sudo -E xterm
> >
> > Re-defining $HOME is crucial as otherwise you risk users
"D. R. Evans" writes:
> D. R. Evans wrote on 05/26/2015 04:52 PM:
>
>>
>> If I understand you correctly, I think that you are saying that:
>> n7dr@shack:~$ AUTHORITY=/home/n7dr/.Xauthority HOME=/root sudo -E xterm
>
> I probably misunderstood you.
>
> Anyway, after some more experimenting, I d
Quoting D. R. Evans (doc.ev...@gmail.com):
> D. R. Evans wrote on 05/26/2015 04:52 PM:
>
> >
> > If I understand you correctly, I think that you are saying that:
> > n7dr@shack:~$ AUTHORITY=/home/n7dr/.Xauthority HOME=/root sudo -E xterm
>
> I probably misunderstood you.
No, but you left out
D. R. Evans wrote on 05/26/2015 04:52 PM:
>
> If I understand you correctly, I think that you are saying that:
> n7dr@shack:~$ AUTHORITY=/home/n7dr/.Xauthority HOME=/root sudo -E xterm
I probably misunderstood you.
Anyway, after some more experimenting, I discovered that this works:
sudo XAU
On Tuesday 26 May 2015 23:52:38 D. R. Evans wrote:
> David Wright wrote on 05/26/2015 04:16 PM:
> > When I ssh to a remote machine as myself, DISPLAY is set to
> > localhost:10.0 (11, 12, etc) and AIUI X clients find my local X server
> > through the encrypted ssh connection. Because the authority
David Wright wrote on 05/26/2015 04:16 PM:
> When I ssh to a remote machine as myself, DISPLAY is set to localhost:10.0
> (11, 12, etc) and AIUI X clients find my local X server through the
> encrypted ssh connection. Because the authority file on the remote
> host is in its standard location, nam
Quoting D. R. Evans (doc.ev...@gmail.com):
> Reco wrote on 05/26/2015 01:53 PM:
> > Yet there's a way to solve your problem - get a habit of running
> > X clients like this:
> >
> > HOME=/root sudo -E xterm
> >
> > Re-defining $HOME is crucial as otherwise you risk users' rewriting
> > configurat
On Tuesday 26 May 2015 23:01:41 D. R. Evans wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote on 05/26/2015 02:30 PM:
> > On Tuesday 26 May 2015 20:43:57 D. R. Evans wrote:
> >> What is wrong and how do I fix it so that I can run graphical programs
> >> across the network using sudo?
> >>
> >> I'm sure it's just a simple
Lisi Reisz wrote on 05/26/2015 02:30 PM:
> On Tuesday 26 May 2015 20:43:57 D. R. Evans wrote:
>> What is wrong and how do I fix it so that I can run graphical programs
>> across the network using sudo?
>>
>> I'm sure it's just a simple configuration issue, but my google-fu seems to
>> be lacking to
On Tuesday 26 May 2015 22:47:22 D. R. Evans wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote on 05/26/2015 03:06 PM:
> > When you installed, did you install with root?
>
> I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.
>
> But:
>
> n7dr@shack:~$ pwd
> /home/n7dr
> n7dr@shack:~$ su
> Password:
> root@shack:/home/n7dr# pwd
>
Lisi Reisz wrote on 05/26/2015 03:06 PM:
> When you installed, did you install with root?
>
I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.
But:
n7dr@shack:~$ pwd
/home/n7dr
n7dr@shack:~$ su
Password:
root@shack:/home/n7dr# pwd
/home/n7dr
root@shack:/home/n7dr# cd
root@shack:~# pwd
/root
root@shac
On Tuesday 26 May 2015 21:58:47 D. R. Evans wrote:
> Reco wrote on 05/26/2015 01:53 PM:
> > Yet there's a way to solve your problem - get a habit of running
> > X clients like this:
> >
> > HOME=/root sudo -E xterm
> >
> > Re-defining $HOME is crucial as otherwise you risk users' rewriting
> > conf
Reco wrote on 05/26/2015 01:53 PM:
>
> Yet there's a way to solve your problem - get a habit of running
> X clients like this:
>
> HOME=/root sudo -E xterm
>
> Re-defining $HOME is crucial as otherwise you risk users' rewriting
> configuration files by root.
Are you saying that if I type:
HO
On Tuesday 26 May 2015 20:43:57 D. R. Evans wrote:
> What is wrong and how do I fix it so that I can run graphical programs
> across the network using sudo?
>
> I'm sure it's just a simple configuration issue, but my google-fu seems to
> be lacking today.
By default one cannot log into a graphical
Hi.
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 01:43:57PM -0600, D. R. Evans wrote:
> I have just installed stable (jessie) on a machine that used to run Kubuntu.
> This machine is mostly accessed remotely, using ssh.
>
> If I log in as a normal user over ssh, I can run X programs fine. (For
> example, typing "xte
I have just installed stable (jessie) on a machine that used to run Kubuntu.
This machine is mostly accessed remotely, using ssh.
If I log in as a normal user over ssh, I can run X programs fine. (For
example, typing "xterm" brings up the expected terminal.)
However, if I execute "sudo xterm", th
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