On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 16:19:50 +0200, Lubos Vrbka wrote: > hi, > > >One possibility is > > > >xauth -f /home/user/.Xauthority extract - $DISPLAY | xauth merge - > > > >where "user" is the user that logged on to xdm. This will extract the > >user's authorization cookie for the current display and merge it into > >root's authority file. Then root should be able to access the display > >until user logs out again. (I tested this with kdm, but I assume it > >works for xdm as well.) > ok, this works. after su, i enter this command and then X apps work > again. is there any way how this could be 'automated'?
You can put the command into /root/.bashrc, then it is executed whenever you do "su". -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]