[LUNI] problems running up2date from ssh connection

[Redmond Militante]

this was right on the money.  ssh'ing as a non root user, then su to root, then trying to run xterm, it fails with the same error. however, if i ssh as root, i can run xterm and up2date successfully.  is this a glitch in the new version of openssh?  i guess problem solved, but - is it a good idea to ssh as root?  seems like you should be able to... 


On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:38:26PM -0600, Martin Maney wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:21:35PM -0600, Redmond Militante wrote:
> > note that this was a procedure that worked successfully just last week. 
> > one thing: i *did* upgrade openssh on this server through up2date per rhn
> > errata updates...  you're probably right that this is an openssh issue,
> > since that was around the time it started acting all screwy
> 
> Yeah, and I've thought of another way that could happen.  If you're making
> the SSH connection as a non-root user and su'ing to run up2date (or any
> other X app), then you'll have permissions issues if the X server isn't
> running wide open (ie, accepting connections indiscriminately).
> 
> Can you run, say, xterm under the exact same circumstances where up2date is
> failing?  Or any other X app that's handy, but xterm seems a likely bet for
> that.  Though it already sounds like the issue is indeed the remote X
> connection and nothing else...
> 
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Redmond Militante
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