Re: Define "logged in as ROOT"

From: Juan Camilo Yanquen (soportesodi_at_SISA-SA.COM)
Date: 01/31/05

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    Date:         Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:07:28 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    I've the next workaround for this "problem":

    login as normal user from remote machine with ssh -X
    normaluser$ echo $DISPLAY
    ej: localhost:10.0
    normaluser$ su -
    root# cp ~normaluser/.Xauthority $HOME/
    root# xclock

    Atentamente,

    Juan Camilo Yanquen
    Soporte pSeries
    SISA-SA

    On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 15:02, Rugen, Len wrote:
    > The current problem is that the package installer is X, but with ssh, I
    > can't su - to root and get a display.
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On
    > > Behalf Of Bob Booth - CITES
    > > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 1:52 PM
    > > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > > Subject: Re: Define "logged in as ROOT"
    > >
    > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:56:01PM -0600, Rugen, Len wrote:
    > > > What does it REALLY mean....
    > > >
    > > > If I login as myself, then su to root (no -), is that good enough?
    > >
    > > You will have root privs, but not roots environment. Some
    > > operations may need
    > > special variables set, etc. If you use the '-' you will
    > > effectively become
    > > the real root user. su'ing to root without the '-' is useful
    > > for some quick
    > > root operations, such as changing ownerships, blowing away
    > > files... Not
    > > always good for running some application command scripts.
    > >
    > > bob
    > >
    >

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