On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 12:18:40PM -0700, Steven G. Kargl wrote: > After a few hours of frustation, it's time to ask a question. > > I have 2 accounts on my machine. I use startx to start > X11 as user kargl. If I then su to user sgk, I cannot > fire up X clients. For example, > > troutmask:kargl[202] su sgk > Password: > troutmask:sgk[201] gnuplot > Terminal type set to 'x11' > gnuplot> plot sin(x) > gnuplot> > gnuplot: unable to open display 'troutmask.apl.washington.edu:0' > gnuplot: X11 aborted. > > I've tried using "xhost sgk@", but this doesn't work. > The only thing I can think of that may need to be > configured is PAM, but the documentation is rather > incomplete. So, anyone know how to setup su to > permit sgk to use X clients?
As user kargl:
% xauth nextract /tmp/foo ${DISPLAY}
As user sgk:
% xauth nmerge /tmp/foo
and remember to delete /tmp/foo as soon as possible.
Cheers,
Matthew
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