I sent this inquire to freebsd-question, but came up
empty with respect to solutions to the problem.
I have 2 accounts on my freebsd-current 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
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 02:13, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
I have 2 accounts on my freebsd-current 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,
Is $XAUTHORITY still set in the subshell?
Can both users read the Xauthority file?
--On Friday, September 05, 2003 23:13:29 -0700 Steven G. Kargl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have 2 accounts on my freebsd-current 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,
Try 'ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]' instead of 'su
Pat Lashley wrote:
--On Friday, September 05, 2003 23:13:29 -0700 Steven G. Kargl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have 2 accounts on my freebsd-current 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,
Try 'ssh -X
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 02:13, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
I have 2 accounts on my freebsd-current 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,
Is $XAUTHORITY still set in the subshell?
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 03:41, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 02:13, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
I have 2 accounts on my freebsd-current machine. I use
startx to start X11 as user kargl. If I then su to user
sgk, I cannot fire up X clients. For
--On Saturday, September 06, 2003 00:31:17 -0700 Steven G. Kargl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't quite understand your suggestion.
I login as user kargl. I fire up X11
as user kargl with startx. I use su in a
xterm to connect to my alter ego (su sgk).
Now, as user sgk I want to use a X11
Pat Lashley wrote:
--On Saturday, September 06, 2003 00:31:17 -0700 Steven G. Kargl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't quite understand your suggestion.
I login as user kargl. I fire up X11
as user kargl with startx. I use su in a
xterm to connect to my alter ego (su sgk).
Now, as
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 03:41, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 02:13, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
I have 2 accounts on my freebsd-current machine. I use
startx to start X11 as user kargl. If I then su to user
