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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: sudo and X
From:       Rob Benton <rob.benton () conwaycorp ! net>
Date:       2006-01-26 16:27:10
Message-ID: 43D8F85E.4090303 () conwaycorp ! net
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Simo Kauppi wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 04:17:20PM -0500, Michael Papazoglou wrote:
> 
>>There has been some discussion about sudo and X, but I have yet to
>>see a solution.
>>
>>The problem is, with the latest update to sudo, when I try to use sudo
>>to run a program that opens a window (example: sudo xterm) I get
>>the error:
>>
>>xterm: DISPLAY is not set
>>
> According to the DSA, additional variables are only passed through when
> set as env_check in /etc/sudoers, but I haven't got it working. I.e.

What is DSA?


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