On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 08:25:53AM -0500, Nicolas Bock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > xhost +localhost | | > Also, is there a better alternative then using xhost to be able to do | > this? I seem to recall hearing there was a better way, but I don't recall | > what it is. | | Well, I don't know why some things seem to run su root and others don't but I | think I can answer your second question. I use xauth to allow root to connect | to X. You essentially run xauth as you, look up what your current host key is | and then su root and add this key with xauth to root's list of keys. I am not | sure exactly what the naming convention is for those keys, I always take the | one saying .../unix:1 and it always worked for me.
BTW, RedHat released a bugfix just this morning to do with pam and xhost stuff. The problem description definitely looks a lot like your problem. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ You can lead a horse's ass to knowledge, but you can't make him think. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
