On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 05:07:37PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > I put > > > > export X_AUTHORITY=/home/jgg/.Xauthority > > > > in my .xsession - this environment variable is not cleared when you 'su' > > so you can use X programs as root without any problems. Maybe the default > > X startup scripts should do the above.. > > I had been using symlinks, but this is a much better way. Thanks! > > Except, it doesn't seem to work... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>wc $X_AUTHORITY > 23 31 2343 /home/joey/.Xauthority > > I can read it, but: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>xterm > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Hmm.
He misspelled XAUTHORITY. No underscore. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | It tastes good. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Bill Clinton roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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