The elegance of simplicity: I love it. Thanks for the quick solution. I'm wondering if these can be placed in users config files someplace and be effective--or maybe some system config files. I just compiled kernel 2.0.34 and now I can't startx without being root, so I am using xdm. Anyway thanks. Question 1 is still open. Is there any way to configure so I can log in as a different user in X without first logging out and without opening a root window. In reality there is only one console but I have different users with different emails, configs, etc. Thanks Gree Tressens Lionel wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Gree wrote: > > > If this is a repost, forgive me, but I never saw the first one. > > > > I recently added two new users to my system. Call them A and B. A and > > B belong to group 'root'. > > > > question 1: In X I have to open a root window to login as a different > > user, even if I originally am logged in as root. Is there a way to > > allow login access from an xterm when I am a member of group 'root'? > > > > question 2: If A logs into the console, B cannot open an X application > > (not even an xterm)--"error: cannot open display". Where do I set > > perms to allow this? > > A must type "xhost +" first, then B must type "export DISPLAY=hostname:0" > > > > > Thanks > > > > Gree > > > > > > /----------------------------\ > | Lionel TRESSENS | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Tel : (+33) 6 12 48 94 77 | > \----------------------------/
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Gree wrote: > If this is a repost, forgive me, but I never saw the first one. > > I recently added two new users to my system. Call them A and B. A and > B belong to group 'root'. > > question 1: In X I have to open a root window to login as a different > user, even if I originally am logged in as root. Is there a way to > allow login access from an xterm when I am a member of group 'root'? > > question 2: If A logs into the console, B cannot open an X application > (not even an xterm)--"error: cannot open display". Where do I set > perms to allow this? A must type "xhost +" first, then B must type "export DISPLAY=hostname:0" > > Thanks > > Gree > > /----------------------------\ | Lionel TRESSENS | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Tel : (+33) 6 12 48 94 77 | \----------------------------/
