On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 09:02:36AM +1300, Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote:
> Enter as non-root "xhost local:root"
> 
> Now, as root, you should have access to Synaptic. 

Good solution, it's FAR better than the more common solution of 'xhost
+localhost' or, worse still, 'xhost +'.  I personally prefer sudo
though, since I can just run 'sudo bleh' as my normal user and have it
Just Work.

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Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>                            http://ertius.org/

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