Comments on: Respect my ~/.Xauthority !#@$! http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/05/respect-my-xauthority/ Blog O' Matty Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: michelsberg http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/05/respect-my-xauthority/comment-page-1/#comment-829213 michelsberg Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:14:25 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=867#comment-829213 Thanks a lot for this helpful post! I put your info into a single change-user-command so you do not have to repeat the whole process of finding the MIT cookie and adding it as the other user. This works fine for me: su username -c "xauth add ${HOSTNAME}/unix:${DISPLAY//[a-zA-Z:_-]/} $(xauth list | grep -o '[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\ *[0-9a-zA-Z]*$'); bash" Thanks a lot for this helpful post!

I put your info into a single change-user-command so you do not have to repeat the whole process of finding the MIT cookie and adding it as the other user.
This works fine for me:

su username -c “xauth add ${HOSTNAME}/unix:${DISPLAY//[a-zA-Z:_-]/} $(xauth list | grep -o ‘[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*\ *[0-9a-zA-Z]*$’); bash”

]]> By: Amen http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/05/respect-my-xauthority/comment-page-1/#comment-825764 Amen Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:00:40 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=867#comment-825764 O'Matty Thanks for your article. It's simple for understand and helpful at the same time. Be happy ) O’Matty
Thanks for your article. It’s simple for understand and helpful at the same time.
Be happy )

]]> By: Chris http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/05/respect-my-xauthority/comment-page-1/#comment-403680 Chris Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:22:44 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=867#comment-403680 THANKS! THANKS!

]]> By: mike http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/05/respect-my-xauthority/comment-page-1/#comment-374813 mike Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:56:47 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=867#comment-374813 Lawina: Yes, this will work with pretty much any unix or linux O/S that supports ssh. There are a few different variants of clients that used -Y to initiate a X11 session instead of -X I'm waiting for Google's android linux based phone to be released. It would be really cool to ssh into your mobile device and fire up GUI applications. On Windows, putty supports X11 forwarding in the configuration tab. Google on where to find it. Unfortunatly, windows doesn't have a native embedded X server so you have to run a 3rd party application like hummingbird exceed. Cgywin also has a X server and its free. Lawina: Yes, this will work with pretty much any unix or linux O/S that supports ssh. There are a few different variants of clients that used -Y to initiate a X11 session instead of -X

I’m waiting for Google’s android linux based phone to be released. It would be really cool to ssh into your mobile device and fire up GUI applications.

On Windows, putty supports X11 forwarding in the configuration tab. Google on where to find it.

Unfortunatly, windows doesn’t have a native embedded X server so you have to run a 3rd party application like hummingbird exceed. Cgywin also has a X server and its free.

]]> By: Thomas Stromberg http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/05/respect-my-xauthority/comment-page-1/#comment-374305 Thomas Stromberg Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:15:07 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=867#comment-374305 Thanks! I've often wondered how to do this, but never seen it done before. As a side note, while I am a bit of a sudo nazi, if managed correctly, I think having root ssh keys is not a bad thing. So long as the ssh keys are password protected, centrally managed and associated with a person, and all commands are logged and associated with that person, and the hosts are only available internally, it's not a terrible compromise. That's an awful lot of ifs, but it's handy for recovering hosed machines. I'll still prefer sudo, myself. Thanks! I’ve often wondered how to do this, but never seen it done before.

As a side note, while I am a bit of a sudo nazi, if managed correctly, I think having root ssh keys is not a bad thing. So long as the ssh keys are password protected, centrally managed and associated with a person, and all commands are logged and associated with that person, and the hosts are only available internally, it’s not a terrible compromise. That’s an awful lot of ifs, but it’s handy for recovering hosed machines.

I’ll still prefer sudo, myself.

]]> By: lawina http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/05/respect-my-xauthority/comment-page-1/#comment-373701 lawina Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:15:20 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=867#comment-373701 Does this work under Solaris 10? Does this work under Solaris 10?

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