images, pkg/utils: Allow X11 clients to run as root

It's necessary to propagate the XAUTHORITY environment variable from the host when an X11 client is run as 'sudo <some-client>'. If an X11 client is started inside a 'su -' session, then xauth(1) needs to be present so that pam_xauth.so can add a new XAUTHORITY environment variable to the 'su -' session. #572
containers · Oct 29, 2020 · fca24b2 · fca24b2
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diff --git a/images/fedora/f31/extra-packages b/images/fedora/f31/extra-packages
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ vte-profile
 wget
 which
 words
+xorg-x11-xauth
 xz
 zip
diff --git a/images/fedora/f32/extra-packages b/images/fedora/f32/extra-packages
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ vte-profile
 wget
 which
 words
+xorg-x11-xauth
 xz
 zip
diff --git a/images/fedora/f33/extra-packages b/images/fedora/f33/extra-packages
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ vte-profile
 wget
 which
 words
+xorg-x11-xauth
 xz
 zip
diff --git a/images/fedora/f34/extra-packages b/images/fedora/f34/extra-packages
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ vte-profile
 wget
 which
 words
+xorg-x11-xauth
 xz
 zip
diff --git a/src/pkg/utils/utils.go b/src/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ var (
 		"TOOLBOX_PATH",
 		"VTE_VERSION",
 		"WAYLAND_DISPLAY",
+		"XAUTHORITY",
 		"XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP",
 		"XDG_DATA_DIRS",
 		"XDG_MENU_PREFIX",

diff --git a/toolbox b/toolbox
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ environment_variables="COLORTERM \
         TOOLBOX_PATH \
         VTE_VERSION \
         WAYLAND_DISPLAY \
+        XAUTHORITY \
         XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP \
         XDG_DATA_DIRS \
         XDG_MENU_PREFIX \
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@@ Expand Up / @@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ vte-profile @@
     wget
     which
     words
+    xorg-x11-xauth
     xz
     zip