#605633 nodm: should set XAUTHORITY variable and ensure that ~/.Xauthority is created

Package:
nodm
Source:
nodm
Description:
automatic display manager
Submitter:
Andres Salomon
Date:
2010-12-01 23:48:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#605633#5
Date:
2010-12-01 23:44:29 UTC
From:
To:
As mentioned in #525908, the shell variable $XAUTHORITY is not set by
nodm.  The bug has the rest of the details.  Oddly, it's mentioned that
a separate bug for Xauthority should be opened, but that never
happened.. so here it is. :)

Not having XAUTHORITY breaks things like gksu(do).