Re: Propagating DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY in su when using PAM

Tomasz Kłoczko <[email protected]> Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:01:29 +0200 (CEST)

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.pld.shadow.general
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Tomasz KÂłoczko wrote:
[..]
> # Set the DISPLAY variable if it seems reasonable
> DISPLAY         DEFAULT=${REMOTEHOST}:0.0 OVERRIDE=${DISPLAY}
>
> Summarize: usualy used GNU su patch with PAM support which have propagete 
> DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY variables if PAM is enabled is incorrect because it 
> dissallow X forwarding to su session by change configuration only on PAM
            ^ blocade (forgoten word)
> level.

kloczek
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