Re: Trouble with X11 over SSH on Mandriva 2010.0

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Kevin the Drummer <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> On my Mandriva 2007.0 system X11 works over SSH. Here's my test case
> that I need to have working.
>
> 1. ssh -f somehost xterm
> 2. 'su' in the new xterm
> 3. run any graphical program from the su'd shell
>
> On the Mandriva 2007.0 system this works fine. On my 2010 system I
> get this error:

Your method seems convoluted ... open an ssh connection in a window, then
start an xterm for further input? The "-f" option forces background mode
before command invocation, such as you have it.

$ ssh -X somehost
# if no certificate, then password is prompted, as configured
you@somehost ~] $
# then start your GUI apps. from the command line above.

You might need root to run some applications such as ethereal, but you
really shouldn't need it for any user applications.

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:29:33 -0500, Kevin the Drummer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


> X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.

Another option, instead of using sudo, is to copy .Xauthority
from the users directory to /root.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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