Re: Displaying remote root X apps locally
From: Sam_Benner (Sam_Benner1_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/27/03
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Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 12:48:14 -0700
Unlike telnet su doesn't preserve the DISPLAY variable. Have you tried
setting DISPLAY manually after su?
"Rich Teer" <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> I'm sure this is an easy one, but for the life of me, I can't
> think of the answer. Because certain products (like StarOffice)
> require a GUI installer, I need to run some X sessions as root
> from a remote terminal. For normal users, this is easy: just
> ssh into the machine, and away I go.
>
> But the trouble is this: if I log into said remote machine as
> me, and then su to root, it doesn't work. As a work around,
> I've temporarily enable remote-root logins via sshd.conf. This
> is obviously a bad idea from a security point of view, so how can
> I display remote X apps running as root across the network?
> Allowing remote root logins is NOT a long term option...
>
> <Rant>
> Why the HELL does Sun (and presumably others) insist on
> using these stupid GUI installers? pkgadd works perfectly
> well, thank you very much. At the very least a pkgadd
> installation should be provided so that competant people
> can do installations in their prefered way. OBTW, I don't
> exactly like said stupid GUI installer taking over the
> whole fscking screen, either! Good job this machine is
> dual headed: I can write this rant one one screen, which
> SO installs on the other. Grrrr.
> </Rant>
>
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