On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:18:40AM +0000, john smith wrote: Strongly suggest you learn to add paraphraphs and whitespace to your posts.
> I have another lazy
> question, I want to allow another client to connect to the x-Server.how do I
> do this? i.e. to allow another user to use the x-server while logged in as
> a different user. sounds confusing does'nt it?
Question: which scenario matches your problem:
1. You want two users to be able to run on two seperate X Window
sessions on the same system. Obviously not interacting with the
system at the same time if both sessions are running on console,
but not havin to bail out of a session to allow the other user
access.
2. You want to be able to run GUI programs under a second UID on the
same X Session that is already active by a first user.
For 1:
o Do a console login as the desired userid.
o Launch an X session to an unused local display. Assuming your first
session runs to :0, try:
startx -- :1 1>.startx.log 2>&1 &
For 2:
The second user needs to know both the display ($DISPLAY), and have
xauth access to it. Again assuming :0 is your active session:
o User 2 runs: export DISPLAY=:0
o User 1 queries xauth: "xauth list | grep :0"
o User 2 adds this display to their xauth list. I'd suggest cut and
paste through the X Windows clipboard:
xauth add <xauth cookie for display :1>"
For more information: man xauth.
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