Deniz Dogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I use a normal user`s gnuserv process as root? What I want to > do is: as root to use a normaluser`s emacs to edit some conf files. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# xauth -f /home/deniz/.Xauthority extract - :0.0 | xauth > merge - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# gnuclient -h dogan.dyn.ml.org ipfw.dotfile
> What am I missing or doing wrong? 1. gnuclient xauth uses a cookie for display :999 use this (our version of mkcookie also makes a cookie for localhost:0, your milage may vary). #! /bin/sh GNU_HOST=bolzano export GNU_HOST # Make Gnuserver cookie for poor user. if [ -f $HOME/.Xauthority ] then xauth add $GNU_HOST:999 . `xauth -q list localhost:0 | cut -d' ' -f5` fi 2. Gnuclient only tells the remote XEmacs to find-file the file, so the user has to have permission to edit the file. You could try using efs if you allow root ftp access. Jan -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
