Sorry, I didn't CC the group. Here is my reply to 'Pollywog': > I think what you need to do is type: > export XAUTHORITY=/home/<user_running_X>/.Xauthority > after you have su'ed. You can also add this to your root/.bashrc, if > the only time you use X as superuser is from inside an X-session run > by that user. > HTH > Rich
> Pollywog wrote: >> >> I get those annoying MAGIC COOKIE warnings when I su from a regular user and >> this even happens when I use vim after 'su'. I am still able to edit stuff, >> and the only problem is when I need to run some X program as superuser. >> I saw somewhere how to deal with this Xauth stuff, but I don't remember >> where. >> >> -- >> Andrew >> >> [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37] >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
