On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 02:13:24PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Daniel Farnsworth Teichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030305 12:23 PST]: > > (Note that the above requires that root has access to your X > > display, because it uses 'xconfig'. Now, this is probably going > > to show you how clue-less I am, but one simple way I do this on > > occasion is by 'ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED]' to become root for the > > above; go ahead, tell me it's silly--I know : ). > > Actually, you get a big round of applause. ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a > fine way to go. When you started to say clueless I was preparing myself ^^^^ should have been "is one way" > for another "why nobody should ever use xhost, ever" rant coming on, but > you've done things the^H^H^H^H a good way =)
ssh is cpu bandwidth eater for no reason other than short typing. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tune.en.html#s-ss-xsu > > Anyway, like I have already implied, I'm no expert here--but I > > thought this was more along the Debian lines. As the other said, fakeroot is the ticket :-) -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers : :' : http://qref.sf.net and http://people.debian.org/~osamu `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
