Michael Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 26.11.2008 > > Paul Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > so... what is xconsole? > > > > In practice, it's very difficult to get X to let root put a root > > owned process on a user's display, and once you get it going, the > > next Debian release breaks your tweak, at least in my experience.
I should admit, this is not Debian specific. Xconsole has been a lot of trouble for me on many distros. > you can also put your user in the group *adm* which has _only_ the > rights to _read_ logfiles in /var/log and to _read_ /dev/xconsole, but Thank you very much! I'll try this. I had my regular user acct. in adm at one point, but decided it was possibly unwise. > no more. I don't see a disadvantage by doing this. And this way > everything works right even after a new release or updates of your > current system. Much appreciated. :-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
