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> localhost ssh connection to a second account Any particular reason why you cannot simply use su or sudo for this?

• em-bee 1y ago
  it would not make a difference, would it? do you see any benefits? ssh -X can forward windows to my gui and it just works.
  • atq2119 1y ago
    The overhead is certainly less. I haven't felt the need to run a graphical application as a different user in a long time, but presumably you could forward the right environment variables and have it work including HW acceleration (which ssh X forwarding certainly doesn't support)
    • em-bee 1y ago
      ok, good point. i didn't consider that. it hasn't been a problem so far. probably my laptop is fast enough. but i'll keep that in mind. thanks