On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I would like to run some X apps from a 'su -' shell xterm.
> >
> > I used to use the following trick to save myself the need of messing with
> > xauth:
> >
> > in the root shell I set:
> >
> > DISPLAY=:0.0
> > XAUTHORITY=/home/tzafrir/.Xauthrit
> Hi
>
> I would like to run some X apps from a 'su -' shell xterm.
>
> I used to use the following trick to save myself the need of messing with
> xauth:
>
> in the root shell I set:
>
> DISPLAY=:0.0
> XAUTHORITY=/home/tzafrir/.Xauthrity
>
> (since root can read the user's home directory
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001, Tzafrir Cohen wrote about "Xauthority question":
> Hi
>
> I would like to run some X apps from a 'su -' shell xterm.
>
> I used to use the following trick to save myself the need of messing with
> xauth:
>
> in the root she
Hi,
I start my su like this and it works well:
su -c "cd ; xterm -ls -T Root -n Root -fn 10x20 &"'
I ran into the problem after I started to work with SSH and X forwarding,
a combination which is also quite strict about X access rights.
Schlomo
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> Hi
>
Hi
I would like to run some X apps from a 'su -' shell xterm.
I used to use the following trick to save myself the need of messing with
xauth:
in the root shell I set:
DISPLAY=:0.0
XAUTHORITY=/home/tzafrir/.Xauthrity
(since root can read the user's home directory)
However, this doesn't w
