On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Andrew wrote: > > I know this has been addressed before, I've tried searching the archives > for it, but without success. > > How do you run an X program as root whilst still in a user X session?
Many ways... 1) su in an xterm.. no worries. 2) As root on a VC: # xauth -f /home/[user]/.Xauthority extract - :0 | xauth merge - # export DISPLAY=:0 # [prog] & ... no worries. 3) the list goes on.. thats all I can think of at the mo. Anyone else? Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- It works fine except when I am in Windows. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian GNU/Linux.... Ooohh You are missing out!