On 2 May 1998, lantz moore wrote: > > >>>>> "DZM" == David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > DZM> More elegant solutions involve using the xauth access-control > DZM> mechanism. If you are the only person on your system with root > DZM> access, you can make things work by symlinking root's .Xauthority > DZM> file to yours. If multiple people have access, you can use xauth to > DZM> grab X cookies with a command like > > DZM> xauth -f /home/me/.Xauthority extract - $DISPLAY | xauth merge - > > i find it convenient to add the following to roots .bashrc: > > if [ "$USER" != "root" ] > then > export XAUTHORITY=/home/$USER/.Xauthority > fi
Be very careful when doing this. If root ever writes anything to this file using xauth, it will become owned by root and the normal user whose file it really is will not be able to write to it. The easiest solution, though it probably is overkill, is to use ssh to connect to the localhost. If you run sshd, you can simply run 'ssh -l root localhost', type root's password and be able to use the X display. ssh takes care of the X authentication automatically. Originally this feature was intended for remote connections. You can do something like 'ssh remotehost' and have all X programs you run automaticlly use your local display. Remco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
