PAM, X11, and su as a normal user? (fwd)

[Steven G. Kargl]

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 02:13, Steven G. Kargl wrote:
> > I have 2 accounts on my freebsd-current machine.  I use
> > startx to start X11 as user kargl.  If I then su to user
> > sgk, I cannot fire up X clients.  For example,
> 
> Is $XAUTHORITY still set in the subshell?
> Can both users read the Xauthority file?
> 
 
$XAUTHORITY is not set.  Both users use
their defaults $HOME/.Xauthority.  I used
xauth to ensure the key for troutmask is
the same for both users.

-- 
Steve
http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~kargl/