Speaking of reasonable defaults, shouldn't this be one? -chris "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> Rather than exporting xauthority, my preference is: > > # As root > $ xauth merge ~$USER/.Xauthority > > ...where $USER is your desired user. > > This transfers cookies from $USER's .Xauthority file to root's > .Xauthority file. Changes to user's .Xauthority file don't effect X. > X now has access to user's X session, but not vice versa. >
