I always use sudo - first thing I do when setting up a new server is set ssh PermitRootLogin no
Copying the .Xauthority to root allowed me to su and then run yast2. Using sudo /sbin/yast2 still brought up the ncurses. Thank you, Rick, that is a step forward. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Richard Troth <ri...@velocitysoftware.com>wrote: > If you're able to run 'xclock' then you have an X server on the > workstation end, so that's good. > > YaST runs as root, and it's often tricky to convey X authority from > non-root. (This is assuming that you 'su' or 'sudo' which I truly hope > you're doing.) > > If you connect as root, then SSH, and you requested to forward X > traffic on the client end, will do the right thing. But ... really ... > don't sign on directly as root. Best practice is to disallow root > login and require everyone to use 'sudo'. > > The *proper* way to do it is with a sort of export and import via > 'xauth'. And you'll need to set your DISPLAY variable correctly in the > root shell in any case. But you can short-cut the details by copying > ".Xauthority" from your home directory to root's home directory. > Verify with an 'xterm' or with 'xclock'. Then try 'yast2'. > > > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Mark Pace <pacemainl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > During installation I get these really nice X app to do installation. > > After the first boot I still have the X apps. But as soon as I log off I > > can't seem to get the X Yast back again. /sbin/yast /sbin/YaST2 > > /sbin/YaST all start the ncurses version. How can I get the X Yast so I > > can show some people, that yes we can do GUI if we need to. Just running > > xclock doesn't show much. > > > > -- > > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > > > Mark D Pace > > Senior Systems Engineer > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > -- > -- R; > Rick Troth > Velocity Software > http://www.velocitysoftware.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > -- The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent Mainline’s positions or opinions Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
