On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 09:55:16AM +0100, Ciaran Johnston wrote: > Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:55:16 +0100 (IST) > From: Ciaran Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Johan Sch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: To use GUI as root > > Johan Sch said: > > > > In Suse if you are normal user you use . sux - . to become root and be > > able to use GUI applications. > > > > Kindly please what would the same be in Debian. > > Set your display as root: > export DISPLAY=:0.0 > > then allow localhost access to the display as normal user: > xhost + localhost Thus allowing any user with shell on your computer connecting to your screen (not really a problem if you're only user in the system). If you are not going to use sux, instead of "xhost + localhost", better run "xauth list" as user which launched X session, to get list of cookies, than add as root "xauth add <line which matches your display>". Or set enviroment variable XAUTHORITY of root to user's ~/.Xauthority. See man xauth for more information.
Regards, -- Alexei Chetroi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
