On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 10:39:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, 17 May 1999 19:18:48 +0200 Peter Granroth wrote: > > > How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a > > > normal user? > > > > If you put the following in root's .bashrc (assuming you use bash), > > you can start X programs when su root in a users X session: > > > > if [ "$USER" != "root" ] ; then > > export XAUTHORITY=`eval echo ~$USER/.Xauthority` > > fi > > > Just curious...I can do su root from a user's X session, but I have nothing > like that in root's .bashrc, nor in /etc/profile. (I do use bash.) Is this > happening through some other mechanism, or am I missing a file?
This has nothing to with the ability to su to root from a users X session, but to be able to start X clients as root /from/ the su root shell. Without the above in root's .bashrc (or some other equivalent solution), you will not be able to do that. HTH -- ---------------------------------- + Peter Granroth + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + + http://soke.dhs.org + ----------------------------------
