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

[Pat Lashley]

--On Friday, September 05, 2003 23:13:29 -0700 "Steven G. Kargl" 
<kargl at troutmask.apl.washington.edu> 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,

Try 'ssh -X kargl at localhost' instead of 'su kargl'.  You shouldn't
notice the overhead of the ssh protocol; and its a lot easier than
messing around with the X11 authentication cruft.



-Pat