Bug#464893: /usr/bin/gksu: connection refused to X display for subprocesses

[Pierre Habouzit]

tag 464893 + unreproducible moreinfo
severity 464893 important
thanks

On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 05:25:11PM +0000, Alain Kalker wrote:
> ---[cut here]---
> ---[in user's terminal window]---
> $ sudo -k # Invalidate sudo's timestamp, so gksu will ask for a password
> $ gksu xterm
> ---[gksu asks for password]---
> ---[in root xterm]---
> # xterm
> ---[another xterm opens, close it]---
> # xauth list
> miki/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  <snip>
> localhost.localdomain/unix:0  MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1  <snip>
> # ^D
> ---[back in user's terminal window]---
> $ gksu xterm # Do it again...within 15 minutes
> ---[gksu doesn't ask for password, timestamp still valid]---
> ---[in root xterm]---
> # xterm
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
> <snip>
> # xauth list
> xauth:  error in locking authority file /tmp/libgksu-oJv8Wm/.Xauthority
> # ls -l /tmp/libgksu-oJv8Wm/.Xauthority
> ls: cannot access /tmp/libgksu-oJv8Wm/.Xauthority: No such file or 
> directory
> # ^D
> ---[cut here]---

  I'm totally unable to reproduce it, does anyone is able to ?

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·O·  Pierre Habouzit
··O                                                madcoder at debian.org
OOO                                                http://www.madism.org
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