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#1
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Registered: Jul 2005
Distribution: Fedora fc4, fc7, Mandrake 10.1, mandriva06, suse 9.1, Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0,1,2 (Current)]
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Opening GUI application via another user's permissions
I've logged in as zuki (startx ran as zuki), and I would like to run firefox on another users permissions i.e : zukip.
What I get when I try to do this is an export error if I understood it right... please help me to do this :
Code:
zuki @WhiteCastle:~$ su zukip
Password:
zukip@WhiteCastle:/home/zuki$ cd ~
zukip@WhiteCastle:~$ pwd
/home/zukip
zukip @WhiteCastle:~$ firefox &
[1] 4420
zukip@WhiteCastle:~$ No protocol specified
(firefox-bin:4436): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
[1]+ Exit 1 firefox
zukip @WhiteCastle:~$ export
declare -x COLORTERM=""
declare -x CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="/usr/lib/qt/include:/usr/lib/qt/include"
declare -x DISPLAY=":0.0"
declare -x GDK_USE_XFT="1"
declare -x GS_LIB="/home/zuki/.fonts"
declare -x GTK2_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/zuki/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/zuki/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0"
declare -x GTK_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/zuki/.gtkrc:/home/zuki/.kde/share/config/gtkrc"
declare -x HOME="/home/zukip"
declare -x HOSTNAME="WhiteCastle.Burger.Inc"
declare -x HUSHLOGIN="FALSE"
declare -x HZ="100"
declare -x INPUTRC="/etc/inputrc"
declare -x JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/java"
declare -x KDEDIR="/usr"
declare -x KDE_FULL_SESSION="true"
declare -x KDE_MULTIHEAD="false"
declare -x KDE_SESSION_UID="777"
declare -x KONSOLE_DCOP="DCOPRef(konsole-4406,konsole)"
declare -x KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION="DCOPRef(konsole-4406,session-1)"
declare -x LANG="en_US"
declare -x LC_COLLATE="C"
declare -x LESS="-M"
declare -x LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
declare -x LOGNAME="zuki"
declare -x LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.BAT=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.BTM=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.CMD=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.COM=01;32:*.dll=01;32:*.DLL=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.EXE=01;32:*.arj=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.RAR=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.tar=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.tb2=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tz2=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.ZIP=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.asf=01;35:*.ASF=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.AVI=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.BMP=01;35:*.flac=01;35:*.FLAC=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.GIF=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.JPG=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.JPEG=01;35:*.m2a=01;35:*.M2A=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.M2V=01;35:*.m4a=01;35:*.M4A=01;35:*.m4p=01;35:*.M4P=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.M4V=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.MOV=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.MP3=01;35:*.mpc=01;35:*.MPC=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.MPEG=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.MPG=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.OGG=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.PNG=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.ram=01;35:*.RAM=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.RM=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.TGA=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.TIF=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.TIFF=01;35:*.wav=01;35:*.WAV=01;35:*.wma=01;35:*.WMA=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.WMV=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.XWD=01;35:"
declare -x LS_OPTIONS=" -F -b -T 0 --color=auto "
declare -x MANPATH="/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/lib/java/man:/usr/share/texmf/man"
declare -x MINICOM="-c on"
declare -x OLDPWD="/home/zuki"
declare -x PATH="/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin"
declare -x PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"
declare -x PS1="\\u@\\h:\\w\\\$ "
declare -x PS2="> "
declare -x PWD="/home/zukip"
declare -x QTDIR="/usr/lib/qt"
declare -x SESSION_MANAGER="local/WhiteCastle:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4313"
declare -x SHLVL="6"
declare -x T1LIB_CONFIG="/usr/share/t1lib/t1lib.config"
declare -x TERM="xterm"
declare -x USER="zuki"
declare -x WINDOWID="35651589"
declare -x WINDOWPATH="7"
declare -x XAUTHORITY="/home/zuki/.Xauthority"
declare -x XCURSOR_THEME="default"
declare -x XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg:/etc/kde/xdg:/etc/xfce/xdg:/etc/kde/xdg:/etc/xfce/xdg"
zukip @WhiteCastle:~$ exit
exit
zuki @WhiteCastle:~$ export
declare -x COLORTERM=""
declare -x CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="/usr/lib/qt/include:/usr/lib/qt/include"
declare -x DISPLAY=":0.0"
declare -x GDK_USE_XFT="1"
declare -x GS_LIB="/home/zuki/.fonts"
declare -x GTK2_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/zuki/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/zuki/.kde/share/config/gtkrc-2.0"
declare -x GTK_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/zuki/.gtkrc:/home/zuki/.kde/share/config/gtkrc"
declare -x HOME="/home/zuki"
declare -x HOSTNAME="WhiteCastle.Burger.Inc"
declare -x HUSHLOGIN="FALSE"
declare -x HZ="100"
declare -x INPUTRC="/etc/inputrc"
declare -x JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/java"
declare -x KDEDIR="/usr"
declare -x KDE_FULL_SESSION="true"
declare -x KDE_MULTIHEAD="false"
declare -x KDE_SESSION_UID="777"
declare -x KONSOLE_DCOP="DCOPRef(konsole-4406,konsole)"
declare -x KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION="DCOPRef(konsole-4406,session-1)"
declare -x LANG="en_US"
declare -x LC_COLLATE="C"
declare -x LESS="-M"
declare -x LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
declare -x LOGNAME="zuki"
declare -x LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.BAT=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.BTM=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.CMD=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.COM=01;32:*.dll=01;32:*.DLL=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.EXE=01;32:*.arj=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.RAR=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.tar=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.tb2=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tz2=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.ZIP=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.asf=01;35:*.ASF=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.AVI=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.BMP=01;35:*.flac=01;35:*.FLAC=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.GIF=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.JPG=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.JPEG=01;35:*.m2a=01;35:*.M2A=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.M2V=01;35:*.m4a=01;35:*.M4A=01;35:*.m4p=01;35:*.M4P=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.M4V=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.MOV=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.MP3=01;35:*.mpc=01;35:*.MPC=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.MPEG=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.MPG=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.OGG=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.PNG=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.ram=01;35:*.RAM=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.RM=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.TGA=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.TIF=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.TIFF=01;35:*.wav=01;35:*.WAV=01;35:*.wma=01;35:*.WMA=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.WMV=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.XWD=01;35:"
declare -x LS_OPTIONS=" -F -b -T 0 --color=auto "
declare -x MAIL="/var/spool/mail/zuki"
declare -x MANPATH="/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/lib/java/man:/usr/share/texmf/man"
declare -x MINICOM="-c on"
declare -x OLDPWD
declare -x PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin:/usr/share/texmf/bin:."
declare -x PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"
declare -x PS1="\\u@\\h:\\w\\\$ "
declare -x PS2="> "
declare -x PWD="/home/zuki"
declare -x QTDIR="/usr/lib/qt"
declare -x SESSION_MANAGER="local/WhiteCastle:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4313"
declare -x SHELL="/bin/bash"
declare -x SHLVL="5"
declare -x T1LIB_CONFIG="/usr/share/t1lib/t1lib.config"
declare -x TERM="xterm"
declare -x USER="zuki"
declare -x WINDOWID="35651589"
declare -x WINDOWPATH="7"
declare -x XAUTHORITY="/home/zuki/.Xauthority"
declare -x XCURSOR_THEME="default"
declare -x XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg:/etc/kde/xdg:/etc/xfce/xdg:/etc/kde/xdg:/etc/xfce/xdg" Thanks!
Last edited by itz2000; 08-25-2007 at 09:36 AM .
#2
Bash Guru
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Osaka, Japan
Distribution: Arch + Xfce
Posts: 6,852
I can't guarantee that this is your only problem, but it seems at the very least that your xserver isn't configured to allow multiple users. You can allow others temporary access with 'xhost + username'.
#3
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Registered: Jul 2005
Distribution: Fedora fc4, fc7, Mandrake 10.1, mandriva06, suse 9.1, Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0,1,2 (Current)]
Posts: 732
Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
David the H.
I can't guarantee that this is your only problem, but it seems at the very least that your xserver isn't configured to allow multiple users. You can allow others temporary access with 'xhost + username'.
hmmm...
Code:
root@WhiteCastle:/boot# xhost + zukip
xhost: bad hostname "zukip"
root@WhiteCastle:/boot# xhost + zukip@WhiteCastle
zukip@WhiteCastle being added to access control list
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 109 (X_ChangeHosts)
Value in failed request: 0xfe
Serial number of failed request: 7
Current serial number in output stream: 9
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Registered: Jul 2005
Distribution: Fedora fc4, fc7, Mandrake 10.1, mandriva06, suse 9.1, Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0,1,2 (Current)]
Posts: 732
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