>> "JE" == Jesse Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JE> Now, is there a way to automate this? I tried adding the
JE> follwing lines to root's .bashrc:
JE> XAUTHORITY=./.Xauthority
JE> DISPLAY=:0.0
JE> export XAUTHORITY DISPLAY
JE> but this only works if I su from the original user's home
JE> directory. (Otherwise, './' does not point to the right place.)
My proposal is: install ssh from non-us. ssh is the secure shell. It
will connect to a box using encription and compression and will also
do the Right Thing(tm) wrt to X.
You just do ssh -l root localhost
Ciao,
Martin
