[NTLUG:Discuss] X permissions question

Lance Simmons lance at lsimmons.net
Fri Oct 31 12:28:46 CST 2003


Here's what I can do:

	ssh to another machine, run X programs from my account

	ssh to another machine
	su on that machine to root, run X programs from root account

Here's what I can't do:

	ssh to another machine
	su on that machine to root
	su from root on that machine to another user on that machine,
	and run X programs from that user's account.

Does anyone know how to change identities twice while still transferring
X permissions?  I've been using a wrapper around su called sux.  Is
there some other tool I should use?

-- 
Lance Simmons


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