Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su -

From	The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su -
Date	2021-01-04 13:50 +0100
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On 2021-01-04 at 07:32, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 07:52:40PM +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 10:24:44AM -0700, Charles Curley wrote:

>>> Bingo! That, rather than copying .Xauthority, gave me a fix.
>> 
>> Huh? That is strange. I mean: great it worked for you, but I'd like
>> to learn what is going on there :-)
> 
> What don't you understand?  In order for an X client to run, it
> needs two pieces of information: the DISPLAY to talk to, and the
> authorization to be allowed to talk.

I parsed the preceding conversation as indicating that

$ ln -sf /home/auser/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority

produced a setup that worked, but

$ cp /home/auser/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority

produced one that didn't. That seems strange enough to me.

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Thread

Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-12-31 23:00 +0100
  Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-12-31 23:10 +0100
    Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-12-31 23:20 +0100
      Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-01 01:50 +0100
        Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-01-01 05:40 +0100
          [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-01 18:50 +0100
            Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-01-01 20:00 +0100
              Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-01 22:30 +0100
              Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2021-01-04 13:40 +0100
                Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su  - The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-01-04 13:50 +0100
                Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2021-01-04 14:40 +0100
                Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-01-04 15:50 +0100
                Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-01-06 05:40 +0100
                Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2021-01-06 13:40 +0100
                Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-01-06 17:30 +0100
                Re: [SOLUTION] Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2021-01-06 19:50 +0100
        Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2021-01-04 13:30 +0100
          Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-04 19:20 +0100
      Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-01-01 10:20 +0100
    Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-01 02:00 +0100
  Re: Bullseye: setting and using $DISPLAY after su - Mark Neyhart <Mark.Neyhart@akleg.gov> - 2021-01-01 04:10 +0100

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