Good afternoon Mi Jul 17 16:39:46 2013 Thank You for help. > > > > | There is a way also to assume the active .Xauthority file from a > > | different login shell for a priveledged user (or something like > that). And > > | that is probably the way it should be done. > > > > Yes. I have a script somewhere to read xauth credentials from one > > file for insertion into the current user's xauth file. > > I think you only need to point at the .Xauthority file and have read > access to make it work. Note that ".Xauthority" is a file that the > active X-server uses, whereas "xauth" is a separate program that can > be used to manipulate/edit .Xauthority. > > > Not hard at > > all, but the script needs to have access, when means being root or > > the other user. > > > > No, you may need elevated privilege to set up graphical access, but > not to actually start a windowed program as a different user. That is > unnecessary. Ok, I have now "googled" to refresh my memory. The > following article by Ian Shields offers a fairly detailed explanation > of several options. > > <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-basics/section6.html> * Thank You.
> > xhost is very simple (item 9 in the article), but will require the > user to research and evaluate whether they are concerned with the > security of that or any option that is chosen. > > For anyone interested: My search string to find the above in Google > was as follows: "linux use X window as different user" The above > article was the second result, while a stackoverflow post with related > discussion was the first. * Thank You Good idea. > > >| At least since Ubuntu 10.04, there has been a "switch user" from the > >| login/out options. It suspends the session of the active user, and > lets a > >| different user log into their own desktop environment, I think in a > >| different tty. > > > > That sounds like what Sophie wants. Two desktops, one as user1 and > > one as user2. Nice and separate. Sharing one desktop with apps of > > multiple users is a potential security issue. > > Logging in and out all of the time and navigating away from the active > work flow to view a single program in X would be a pain, especially > when it is designed to handle more than one user at a time. But that > is just my opinion. > > More complete manuals with better description: > Xauth <http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/man/man1/xauth.1.xhtml> > Xhost <http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/man/man1/xhost.1.xhtml> > Xsecurity offers some explanation of the content of .Xauthority: > <http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/man/man7/Xsecurity.7.xhtml> > Thank You. Regards Sophie ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
