On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 08:24, John Weber wrote: > On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 08:39, Gordon Messmer wrote: > <snip> > > > > Probably different versions of pam... Seems like you have a working > > version of pam_xauth.so, and Russ does not. > <snip> > > I played with the pam file for su (/etc/pam.d/su). I commented out the > line > session optional /lib/security/pam_xauth.so > > and X display for su to regular users is disabled, but it still works > for su to root. Anybody get the same results and know why root is still > able to display? If you 'su' and not 'su -', then your environment is preserved, and the X cookie doesn't need to be forwarded by pam_xauth. At least, not to root. Everyone you 'su' to will have the appropriate XAUTHORITY environment variable set, but only root can read the file it points to. So, yes... what you're seeing is normal behavior. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
