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On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 08:36:09AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 07:48:03AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Well, the copied cookie would only work for as long as the current X
> session remains running.  As soon as a new cookie is created for a
> new session, the copy becomes stale.

Yes, that makes sense. Missing context, of sorts. "Copying the X
auth file"  meant to me "copying freshly after each new X session".
By this I was adding implicitly some context which didn't necessarily
match reality.

Thanks, Greg :)

Cheers
 - t

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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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