-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Derek D. Martin hath spake thusly: > > I have to sudo the command, so sudo'ing a shell or changing the > > permissions so the user can execute it on the remote machine is not a > > valid solution. Any help or suggestions are appreciated. > > Well, it sounds like you're doing something like this: > > sudo ssh remote /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm Note that if the application you're running with sudo resets the $HOME environment variable for security reasons (as some security-sensitive programs will do), then you're also out of luck. Without more information, it would be difficult for me to pin down what the problem is. HTH. - -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9peeudjdlQoHP510RAoMWAKCS3/ok2fBpj+xmYJiN1i0Q7HDJ8gCbBp+5 ktvUnfLFBaJjgSrOtVxTMMQ= =he+f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----