Editing Forward X11 ssh su
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- Get from default user the X11 cookie
xauth list $DISPLAY
- Get default DISPLAY
echo $DISPLAY
- Change to root user (or a different one)
sudo su -l
- Add X11 cookie to user (This cookie might change)
xauth add $(sudo -u youruser -H xauth list $DISPLAY) export DISPLAY=$(sudo -u youruser -H echo $DISPLAY)