Re: [SLE] Re: path problem? [SOLVED]
From: Anders Johansson (andjoh_at_rydsbo.net)
Date: 01/15/04
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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:14:40 +0100
On Thursday 15 January 2004 12:04, John Pettigrew wrote:
> In a previous message, Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net> wrote:
> > Most problems with sux or (gnome|kde)su are because of $HOME/.Xauthority,
> > either the user's or root's. Deleting them and logging in again usually
> > solves the problem.
>
> Bingo - that was it! Deleting root's ~/.Xauthority means my gnomesu now
> works again :-)
>
> Any idea what messes this up?
I don't know if there are other causes, but in my case it's usually because I
switch between logging in with kdm and using startx from a command line. kdm
and startx use different types of X authentication cookies, and suse's sux
script doesn't parse the cookie list correctly when it decides which cookie
to transfer to the other user
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