[SunHELP] $DISPLAY for root

[Sash Dhru]

I have always faced a similar issue (with or without
SSH) and despite all the su options(su ,su-, su-l )
the DISPLAY variable refuses to get carried over. The
way I got around it (i think this is cumbersome and
inane) is that I added the DISPLAY setting in the
login file which was sourced during su -l.
I am interested to know what the actual
reason/solution is...

SD

--- David Baldwin <dbaldwin at networkinsight.com> wrote:
> I forgot to mention that this is local.  Logged into
> cde and open a
> console and su - to anyone else and no $DISPLAY.
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: my daily account
> [mailto:steve at lucifer.velosystems.net] 
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:37 PM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] $DISPLAY for root
> 
> 
> It sounds like you don't have the DISPLAY env
> variable set and/or no
> local X 
> server running, like Exceed. 
> Try setenv DISPLAY your.local.ip.address:0.0 if
> you're telnetting in.
> Seems to 
> me that shouldn't be necessary when ssh'ing in. I
> have been wrong
> before.
> 
> 
> 
> >Hi,
> >When I "su -" to any user the display is not set.
> >I can't remember if this was happening always but I
> started noticing it
> >after installing ssh and enabling X11 forwarding.
> >Note: this happens even when ssh is not in use.
> >Thanks for any help or suggestions, always
> appreciated.
> > 
> >Dave Baldwin
> 
> 
> 
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