> > I know this has been addressed before, I've tried searching the archives > for it, but without success. > > How do you run an X program as root whilst still in a user X session? > >
Use either fakeroot, or run su in an xterm, and then launch apps in the background: su <password> /usr/sbin/some_nifty_root_thing & HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
