On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 11:03:35PM -0400, Daniel Martin wrote: > Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 09:31:53AM +0800, Chan Min Wai wrote: > > > Hai, > > > I'm asking about that can a user have the rithr of root and can > > > lunch netscape as well in Xwin.. > > > > Any user can start X windows if it is intalled properly. Any user can start > > netscape if it is intalled properly. Root user is not needed to run X > > windows or netscape. > > > > Do you have X windows and netscape installed properly? > > I think the question is whether one can run netscape as root. > Currently, the debian netscape script prevents this (for good reasons, > I think). It's possible to run netscape directly (bypassing debian > scripts) by doing something like: > MOZILLA_HOME=/usr/lib/netscape /usr/lib/netscape/netscape > > However, I'd _strongly_ recommend against it. Much better (if you > need to run netscape, but you're logged in as root) is to do: > su -c "xauth add `xauth list $DISPLAY`" dcmwai > su -c netscape dcmwai > > Instead of "dcmwai" you should use your non-root username. This runs > netscape as dcmwai, not as root, but displays it on your screen. > > Another possibility (which is what I do) is to never log in as root, > but use "su" or "sudo" whenever one needs to do something as root. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Turns out all he wanted to do was be able to start ppp connection and run X and netscape as the same user. Previously, he had to be root to start ppp and then switch to a non-root user and run X and netscape. I suggested he add his normal user to the dip group with adduser. -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
