Sure: xhost +localhost su - username export DISPLAY=localhost:0
>From here you can launch your X based apps. Change localhost and :0 respectively. -- Arthur H. Johnson II, Debian GNU/Linux Advocate Catechist, St John Catholic Church, Davison MI USA President, Genesee County Linux Users Group IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],#debian YIM: arthurjohnson AIM: bytor4232 ICQ: 31770438 On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Ivar Alm wrote: > Hi all. > > I have a question that migh be OT. Doesn't have to do with laptops > specifically. > I want to allow more than one user to connect to the X server. > The thing is that we are two people using my machine regularly at > home, me and my girlfriend. I would like to log in as myself, start X > and still have the possibility for her to su to her user and launch X > programs. > At the moment, the X server doesn't allow any other than the user who > started X to start X applications. And if she wants to write texts and > save to her user, we need to restart X, or she needs to work in a > terminal. > Can I authorize other users (not remotely?) logged in to start X > applications? > > //Ivar > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
