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Can anyone help me fix X11 Xauth authentication? I get the error message "X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication". It occurs when I switch from root user to any other non-root account. # ssh -X {hostname} {hostname}# xclock (works) {hostname}# su - user {hostname}$ xclock X11 connection rejected because …

Anyone know how to block a user from TTY login, thus forcing them to use their personal login, BUT then allowing them to su - to the blocked account? Changing shell to /sbin/nologin/ also blocks su - access. Do I need to use PAM to do this? Ugh. Thanks AJ

Hi, I'm having trouble with "Connection Refused" when running postfix. Before I post a lot, is there anyone out there who can help? I've set in main.cf mystyle = class mynetworks = 10.0.0.0/24 I can telnet localhost 25 but cannot telnet <IP-ADDR> 25 Thanks Andy

I'm trying to add users via a script using the following command. The result is that I am only getting a portion of the encrypted password in the /etc/shadow file. I've tried lots of variations on using ' hard quotes with no luck. Any help? Thanks. USER=newuser PASSWD=`openssl passwd -1 …

Hey, I want to bypass my normal gateway on Eth0 and direct connect a cross-over cable from eth1 on one station to eth1 on a second server. How do I route that? I want to go from 10.0.0.10 to 10.0.0.11 On 10.0.0.10 I added a host entry to the route …

i need to find if the system has the latest version of a particular package and install if it dosent. how do i compare the versions? assume that i use rpm to find the installed version and a separate file has info of the required(latest) version. how do i do …