Another idea, the simplest one I could think of: in your startx script, add the line ``cat ~root/.Xauthority >> ~/.Xauthority'' just after ``serverargs="$serverargs -auth $HOME/.Xauthority"''. First startx as root to create the ~root/.Xauthority file and chgrp it so that only users in a group who locally access the machine can read it. Only problem is the file is re-created whenever root uses startx, but I'd start X as the normal user anyway.
Chandran Michael Beattie wrote on Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 11:33:43PM +1200.. > On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Andrew wrote: > > 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?
