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| # in your login directory on the target machine, add this to your .bashrc: | |
| LIVE=`echo $DISPLAY | awk -F: '{print $2}' | awk -F. '{print $1}'` xauth list | grep unix:$LIVE | awk '{print "xauth add " $0}' >xuser |
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| # su and add this to /root/.bashrc | |
| XUSER=`who -m | awk '{print $1}'` | |
| XUSERHOME=`grep ^$XUSER: /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $6}'` | |
| if [ -s "$XUSERHOME/xuser" ]; then | |
| . $XUSERHOME/xuser | |
| echo Added xauth tokens for display for $XUSER | |
| else | |
| echo Original user $XUSER left no indication of X job | |
| fi |
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