On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 12:40:12PM +0700, Jean Christophe ANDR? wrote: > Matt Zimmerman ?crivait : > > This disables access control in the X server. This is, almost always, a > > very bad idea. > > A better way to allow it (when you switch from normal to root user) : > > test@localhost:~$ su - > root@localhost:~# xauth merge ~test/.Xauthority > root@localhost:~# export DISPLAY=:0.0 > root@localhost:~# xterm # or whatever Xwindow program you want to run > > I can remember there was some 'su' feature doing it automagically somewhere > (with RedHat, Mandrake or another one)...
An easier wethod: $ su # export XAUTHORITY=~user/.Xauthority -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
