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xauth sudo not working
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| Another solution is to merge the .Xauthority file of the current user with that of the root user. | |
| ssh user@host | |
| change the .Xauthority file permissions so that root also has access to it. | |
| sudo su - root | |
| xauth merge /home/users/user/.Xauthority | |
| Test | |
| gedit somefile.log | |
| Credits to: | |
| https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/241394/ssh-and-sudo-but-no-display |
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