On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:45:38PM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, G.LeeJohnson wrote: > > > You can narrow it down by specifying the allowed hosts: > > xhost + allows every host > > xhost +foo allows computer 'foo' to connect > > xhost - allows only the owner of the display > > > > I do not know how to specify a user. You could try > > 'xhost localhost' for allowing all users from localhost. > > There's a "secure" way to accomplish this, but I don't > remember it. I do use it at home though and can post it later. > I'm surprised no one's already done so though...
<g> I think what you're looking for is: after su'ing to root, do $ xauth merge ~<USER>/.Xauthority where <USER> is the regular user's username. Depending on context the right name might still be in the variable $USER, so the following should work too $ xauth merge ~$USER/.Xauthority $USER may already be set to 'root' in some other contexts, though. -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing ag -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
