Andrej Prsa wrote:
> I have a very-difficult-to-reproduce-but-pertaining problem with
> accessing X applications (such as nedit) when gaining access via
> su from some other user's X session. If I log in as root to X,
> such problem never occurs. But as I don't want to take the name
> of root in vain, I got used to using su. *Usually* things work,
> but suddenly, after an indefinite amount of time, it just doesn't
The fact it doesn't work after a while is odd, not sure what's going on there.
What I have done is this:
Export display variable in root's .profile:
export DISPLAY=:0
Link root's Xauthority file to my own:
rm ~root/.Xauthority
ln -s ~fraser/.Xauthority ~root/.Xauthority
I don't know the security implications of what I did so if you have a
multi-user system I'd suggest figuring that out first. A better alternative
may be to use gnome-sudo instead of su, like this:
gnome-sudo gnome-apt
Fraser
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