Thanks Joseph, This works.
are there any more permanent solutions so this doesn't have to be done every time i wish to run ethereal? -jeff On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 12:35, Joseph Dane wrote: > >>>>> "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] > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
