> "Justin" == Justin R Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Justin> What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based
Justin> apps while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user? I've tried
Justin> xhost +localhost and that does not seem to do the trick.
Have a look at sux:
http://f
I meant cdrecord of course, sorry for any confusion. Does something called
"cdroast" even exist?
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 09:24:32PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 07:24:21PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>
> > If root has to run the GUI file a bug against it.
>
> Well, cdroast
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 09:24:32PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 07:24:21PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > If root has to run the GUI file a bug against it.
Yep!
> Well, cdroast itself has to run as root or with root privs... just giving
> the user access to the device isn't
On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 07:24:21PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> If root has to run the GUI file a bug against it.
Well, cdroast itself has to run as root or with root privs... just giving
the user access to the device isn't enough as cdroast complains about
system calls it can't use.
OTOH, xcdroa
I wrote:
> Not at all. Such [X] applications are not secure enough to be run as
> root.
Hans Ekbrand writes:
> What about xcdroast?
What about it? Why anyone would want a GUI for such a thing is something
I'll never understand.
> As far as I remember, root had to run it once and set it up befo
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 10:00:16PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Justin R. Miller wrote:
> > What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
> > while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user?
>
> Not at all. Such applications are not secure enough to be run as root.
>
What abou
On 28 Oct 2001, John Hasler wrote:
> Mark writes:
> > Security isn't always such an issue.
>
> Stability is. Think of the damage a crashing Gnome application could do
> running as root. More important, though, is the bad habit this sort of
Sure, but I don't use Gnome, and I don't touch fancy wi
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 22:10:12 -0500, Justin R. Miller wrote:
> What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
> while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user? I've tried xhost
> +localhost and that does not seem to do the trick.
>
if you're not worried about local users hija
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 10:08:48PM -0500, Justin R. Miller wrote:
> What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
> while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user? I've tried xhost
> +localhost and that does not seem to do the trick.
This is what I do, which consistently work
Mark writes:
> Security isn't always such an issue.
Stability is. Think of the damage a crashing Gnome application could do
running as root. More important, though, is the bad habit this sort of
thing creates. There is nothing you need to do as root that can't be done
from a console.
--
John H
On 28 Oct 2001, John Hasler wrote:
> Justin R. Miller wrote:
> > What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
> > while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user?
>
> Not at all. Such applications are not secure enough to be run as root.
Security isn't always such an issue.
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Justin R. Miller wrote:
> What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
> while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user? I've tried xhost
> +localhost and that does not seem to do the trick.
ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] works for me. Avoid xhost like the plagu
Justin R. Miller wrote:
> What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
> while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user?
Not at all. Such applications are not secure enough to be run as root.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
Set the environment variable XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority, and then su
or sudo, and then you should be able to run X apps on the local machine
as root.
M
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 10:08:48PM -0500, Justin R. Miller wrote:
> What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
> while
What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user? I've tried xhost
+localhost and that does not seem to do the trick.
--
Justin R. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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