[lug] Annoying new behavior in RedHat/Krud 7.2

[Tkil]

>>>>> "Elyse" == Elyse Grasso <emgrasso at data-raptors.com> writes:

Elyse> Does anyone know what I need to change to return the server to
Elyse> its previous behavior?

the easiest thing to do (if you're running sshd on this box) is to:

   ssh root at localhost

this will forward the X connection for you.

the next most secure thing you can do is to add your user session's
xauth information to root's xauth database.  do "su -" in a second
window; in the first one, do "xauth list".  select the appropriate
entry (the one that says "myhost.mydomain.com/unix:0", probably), go over
to the root window, and type "xauth add " and then paste in the line.
then, still in the root window, do 

   export DISPLAY=myhost.mydomain.com/unix:0

and it should work.

the least secure thing to do (and this is a BAD BAD IDEA, but if
you're not actually connected to the net, it might still work) is to
just allow "xhost +" as your normal user, then "su -".  this is a
super bad idea, however.

note that many new installations don't allow external tcp connections
to the X server at all; i don't think KRUD is one of them, but it's
something to watch out for.

this has been discussed on the list many times, take a look through
the archives...

t.