[SunHELP] $DISPLAY for root

[David Baldwin]

Yes, I was aware of that.  It is possible that the transition from
telnet to ssh brought this little quirk to the surface.  With telnet I
had to set the display every time and with ssh it was taken care of
already.  Local display problems only got noticed afterwards, I think.

Any suggestions on what to put in .profile?  I thought about using "cut"
on the output from "who am I" to get the current display, but if there
is a better way I'm all ears.

Thanks again
Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: Will Mc Donald [mailto:wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk]=20
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:14 PM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] $DISPLAY for root

I'm sure you're aware "su -" doesn't carry over the environment you're
currently in (plain "su" without the "-" should), it reads the
environment
of the new user. Does the new user have any DISPLAY stuff in its
.profile
(or whatever's appropriate).

Also, I seem to remember that for dtterms/xterms environment variables
setup
in .profile aren't read in, you have to define them in... errr... I
*think*
it's $HOME/.xinitrc but as per usual I have no Sun machines handy at
home to
double check. It's commented in whatever file is actually is in.

I really need to buy me an Ultra of some descritption next time I have
some
cash.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Baldwin" <dbaldwin at networkinsight.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:56 PM
Subject: RE: [SunHELP] $DISPLAY for root


> I forgot to mention that this is local.  Logged into cde and open a
> console and su - to anyone else and no $DISPLAY.
> Dave

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