Xterm for root (SUDO)

Connect the remote host using the -X option with ssh.  --

# ssh -X remote-host
   2. Now list the cookie set for the current user.

 

# xauth list $DISPLAY

node01.thegeekdiary.com/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 dacbc5765ec54a1d7115a172147866aa

# echo $DSIPLAY

localhost:10.0

3. Switch to another user account using sudo. Add the cookie from the command output above to the sudo user.

# sudo su - [user]  || sudo bash

 

#Add cookie to new user

xauth add node01.thegeekdiary.com/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 dacbc5765ec54a1d7115a172147866aa

4. Export the display from step 2 again for the sudo user. Try the command xclock to verify if the x client applications
are working as expected.

# export DISPLAY=localhost:10.0
# xclock