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Old 02-16-2008, 06:26 AM
Peter Strömberg
 
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Default Re: How to get X authorisation when su'ing?

Dave Uhring <daveuhring@yahoo.com> wrote in
newsan.2005.02.15.20.46.55.330554@yahoo.com:

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> You can even copy ~/.ICEauthority and ~/.Xauthority to /root.


You don't need to copy the files, set the XAUTHORITY and ICEAUTHORITY
environment variables instead (see X(7)) as root can read the files.

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