Re: xhost or firefox - cannot use firefox with su

2018-05-23 Thread Roberto Ragusa
On 05/20/2018 01:14 PM, lejeczek via users wrote: > hi there > > in f27 this: xhost +; su auser > worked okey, I could use firefox just fine, but now in f28 firefox does not > work anymore. It opens but does not load any content. > I wonder if you guys know why? I use a slightly different variat

Re: xhost or firefox - cannot use firefox with su

2018-05-20 Thread Tim via users
Allegedly, on or about 20 May 2018, Tom Horsley sent: > I gave up on trying to get direct access as a different > user to the display, sometimes it would work, sometimes > it wouldn't work, and I could never track down why. Firefox had a habit of always trying to use the local browser window. I s

Re: xhost or firefox - cannot use firefox with su

2018-05-20 Thread Tom Horsley
I gave up on trying to get direct access as a different user to the display, sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't work, and I could never track down why. I always use ssh with X forwarding now to run apps as a different user. Something like this: ssh -l auser -X localhost firefox & mig

Re: xhost or firefox - cannot use firefox with su

2018-05-20 Thread fedora
check to see if the firfox profile is accessible by auser. In FC27 the testing was not as strict as in FC28... suomi On 05/20/2018 01:14 PM, lejeczek via users wrote: hi there in f27 this: xhost +; su auser worked okey, I could use firefox just fine, but now in f28 firefox does not work anym

xhost or firefox - cannot use firefox with su

2018-05-20 Thread lejeczek via users
hi there in f27 this: xhost +; su auser worked okey, I could use firefox just fine, but now in f28 firefox does not work anymore. It opens but does not load any content. I wonder if you guys know why? many thanks, L. ___ users mailing list -- users@