>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jeff> I try to capture traffic with ethereal and I dont have the Jeff> permissions for the device. sou i try to run it from a root Jeff> console and X cannot open display. one way of doing this is * as non-root owner of the X session, do xauth extract /tmp/auth :0.0 * as root, do xauth merge /tmp/auth export DISPLAY=:0.0 ethereal note that if the /tmp/auth file is publicly readable, then anyone on the local system can hijack your X server. -- joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]