AJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AJ> or if your a normal user in xwindows type: AJ> xhost + localhost (note you must have X started to do this) AJ> su root AJ> cd /usr/src/linux AJ> make xconfig
You shouldn't use xhost, and for exactly this reason: you meant to say 'xhost +localhost', which would let any user on the local machine connect to your X server (possibly questionable in and of itself). Instead, you said 'xhost + localhost', which disables X access control (anybody on any machine anywhere can connect to your X server, and say watch the password you type when you 'su root') and incidentally lets localhost connect if access control was enabled. A much better way is to su to root, and then do something like XAUTHORITY=/home/me/.Xauthority export XAUTHORITY (assuming root uses some Bourne-shell derivative), replacing "me" with your username. This tells X to get access-control cookies from your home directory, where things should already be set up properly. -- _____________________________ / \ "Dad was reading a book called | David Maze | _Schroedinger's Kittens_. Asexual | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | reproduction? Only one cat is in the box." | http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ | -- Abra Mitchell \_____________________________/
