> Simply execute 'xhost +localhost' before doing a su. the use of xhost to do this is grequentlyh considered a security risk by folks who understand such things (But I'm not one of them, so don't ask me to explain why :)
There's (at least) two secure ways to do things. One is to, as the logged in user, type xauth list $DISPLAY and receive something back like hawkins/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 89978798dea097090890907890 then, in your root window, type xauth add $DISPLAY MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 89978798dea097090890907890 (use the mouse to cut and paste; you're not likely to type that many hex digits correctly) another way is to use ssh, which tunnels X. I have the alias alias rw "nice xterm -bg pink -fg black -geom 80x25-5+200 -T [EMAIL PROTECTED] -e "ssh localhost -lroot " & to launch the terminal, label it, paint it pink as a warning, and begin the ssh session. hawk
