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to as "cookies") between users.
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Without pam_xauth, when xauth is enabled and a user uses the su(1) command to
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original user's X display because the new user does not have the key needed to
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access the display. pam_xauth solves the problem by forwarding the key from the
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user running su (the source user) to the user whose identity the source user is
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assuming (the target user) when the session is created, and destroying the key
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when the session is torn down.
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This means, for example, that when you run su(1) from an xterm sesssion, you
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This means, for example, that when you run su(1) from an xterm session, you
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will be able to run X programs without explicitly dealing with the xauth(1)
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xauth command or ~/.Xauthority files.