On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:18:58 -0500 (EST) > R P Herrold <herrold@owlriver.com> wrote: > > # > # For X forwarding a connection back, a 'sudo su -' does not > # carry the proper magic cookie back, particularly across > # varying configurations of several intermediate hosts. > > 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 - I can go anywhere with the same command, and - count them - "root" is only four letters, and two of them are real close together. I should also mention it goes through proper login processing, and I value that. Mostly, no password prompts. I can use the same command for local and remote computers. It really is very convenient. However, X forwarding isn't so useful over the internet for general use. It's exceedingly slow. True, I don't use the root command to connect from home to the office (though I could). For that I have the "off" command. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
