Thanks Jeff, I will try this.
On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 13:04, Jeff wrote: > Joseph Dane, 2002-Jun-06 09:35 -1000: > > >>>>> "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. > > The way I do this is using sudo. I gave myself the NOPASSWORD option > for ethereal too so make it quicker. > > jcx > > -- > Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer > Diggin' Debian Admin and User > > > -- > 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]
