On Sun Nov 17 2002 at 23:09, Jesse Keating wrote: > What does that have to do with a local box? I'm talking on a single > box, I just don't see how ssh to yourself is better than su - Because you can set it up password-less, and you automatically have x11-forwarding enabled ($DISPLAY environment, MIT cookie etc). There's also scp and sftp (and rsync which can also work with ssh), but now I'm talking about non-local uses :) _VERY_ convenient. The only thing I need to remember to do is to do "eval $(ssh-agent)" before I do a startx and everything from there is magically secure and password-less. (I only use su rarely for quick hacks). > Jesse Keating Cheers Tony -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
