On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Jörg Schütter wrote: > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:36:25 +0200 (EET) > Martin Fluch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Rick Moen wrote: > > > > > It's a little simpler to do: > > > > > > $ ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Even easier: the following lines in the /root/.bashrc do the same trick: > > > > if [ ! "$LOGNAME" = "root" ]; then > > export XAUTHORITY=/home/$LOGNAME/.Xauthority > > fi > > > This solution doesn't work with "su -" > > > And then su works without any problem (and computational overhead as the > > ssh sollution). > > You can decrease the "overhead" with ssh -c des -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And for what reason use ssh when the application can connect directly to X. Why insert ssh inbetween? Cheers, - Martin
