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Re: [Bug 427572] Re: ssh X forwarding fails because user doesn't have access to write to /var/run/gdm/

 

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Hi paniemin,
>
>
> Thanks for including the attached files.  Could you also include your
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log (or Xorg.0.log.old) from after reproducing the issue?
>
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> ** Tags added: needs-xorglog
>
> ** Changed in: xauth (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> ssh X forwarding fails because user doesn't have access to write to
> /var/run/gdm/
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427572
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In any case it looks way too open file permisions for /var/run/gdm
directories after gdm creates  them. They shouldn't be world writable in my
option.

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ssh X forwarding fails because user doesn't have access to write to /var/run/gdm/
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427572
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