Hello Uli,
Thank you for your answer and for the explanations.
"ssh -X user_2@localhost" works fine indeed.
Uli> The problem is access to the xauthority file of user_1
I created a group "simple_users" and put "user_1" and "user_2" in that
group.
I changed the owner group of "/home/user_1/.Xauthority" to
"simple_users" and set permissions to 660.
> chown user_1:simple_users /home/user_1/.Xauthority
> chmod 660 /home/user_1/.Xauthority
Then I re-tried the experiment:
user_1> su user_2
Password:
I don't get the error that I reported in my first post
(No protocol specified
xrdb: Resource temporarily unavailable
xrdb: Can't open display ':50').
Yet, when I run xeyes, I get an error:
user_2> xeyes
No protocol specified
Error: Can't open display ':50'
Best regards,
--
Léa
On 27/12/2019 4:17 PM, Ulrich Sibiller wrote:
You are switching users without passing the display authorization
cookie. The easiest way to achieve this is probably using ssh: instead
of executing "su user_2" call "ssh -X user_2@localhost".
The problem is access to the xauthority file of user_1 (the path is
stored in the XAUTHORITY environment, usually
/home/user_1/.Xauthority.). This file contains the cookie you need to
access the display. As user_2 you are not allowed to read that file
while as user root you can read it.
Uli
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 3:45 PM Lmhelp1 wrote:
Hello,
I am using X2Go under Debian with Openbox.
I have upgraded to Debian Buster, I didn't use to experiment the problem
below with Debian Stretch.
My problem is about running graphical clients (like xeyes, xterm, gvim,
etc.) from a console logged in either as a "simple" user ("user_2"
below) or as "root".
"user_2" cannot run these clients, "root" can.
I would like both of them to be able to run these clients.
Below, is what happens ("user_1" is the user that started the X2Go
session, it is also a "simple" user).
user_1> su user_2
Password:
No protocol specified
xrdb: Resource temporarily unavailable
xrdb: Can't open display ':50'
user_2> exit
user_1> su
Password:
root> xeyes
<OK>
Can you tell me how to allow "user_1" to run graphical clients like
xeyes, xterm, gvim, etc.?
Best regards,
--
Léa
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