Alexei Chetroi said: > 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.
Or use "xhost + root" if you are worried about other users using the display. Of course, I don't know what the situation would be if a user name was the same as a hostname ... In any case, the OP typed "sux -" which I assumed was a typo, but it turns out sux is actually a wrapper around the standard su command which will transfer your X credentials to the target user. It's available here: http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/sux-readme.shtml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
