* Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030327 01:41 PST]:
> Please, please, please, don't use xhost. Really.
>
> Better alternatives: xauth, su -m, ssh -X
And (oh yeah, duh) sudo.
good times,
Vineet
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 08:14:44AM -0800, Lukas Latz wrote:
> I use KDM over GDM because I found it lets me log in with X as root,
> which I found especially useful in the beginning when I was setting up
> lots of stuff.
Bad habit.
> Normally I log in as a nor
* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030327 00:21 PST]:
> Try running xhost +local:localhost as the user you initially logged in
> as from an xterm or similar program. Things will Just Work(tm) then.
This will work as long as you're the only user on your machine. This is
a bad habit to form if
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 08:14:44AM -0800, Lukas Latz wrote:
> Normally I log in as a normal user but sometimes I need to su to root
> and would like to start for instance an editor, or something like
> Gnome-Apt and then I get:
>
> Xlib: connection to
Thanks to all who answered to this!
Really overwhelming by all the useful information.
Thanks,
Lukas
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"Lukas" == Lukas Latz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Lukas> Hi List, I use KDM over GDM because I found it lets me log
Lukas> in with X as root, which I found especially useful in the
Lukas> beginning when I was setting up lots of stuff.
GDM will let you log in as root. Edit /etc/gdm
> -Original Message-
> From: Vineet Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:12 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Newbee-ish X and root question
>
>
> Two things. Environment variables, to be precise. The two
> in question
&
Lukas Latz said:
> Oops, sorry for that, I never knew..
> The DISPLAY env seems to have some hidden aspects that I'll have to read
> up on. When I do su (without -m) and then set DISPLAY=0:0 by hand, it
> doesn't cut it.
> Thanks,
thats because the X server requires authentication to connect to
i
Once upon a time Lukas Latz said...
> Barry,
>
> su -m surely does it. So what property that's carried over is it that
> makes the difference?
The difference is $HOME.
If you use just 'su', your user environment is inherited by the root
shell, except for some variables that get replaced by su. O
* Lukas Latz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 13:21 PST]:
> Barry,
>
> su -m surely does it. So what property that's carried over is it that
> makes the difference?
Two things. Environment variables, to be precise. The two in question
are DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY. The former tells X clients where t
--- "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Lukas Latz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:32 AM
> > To: deFreese, Barry; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: Newbee-ish X and roo
> -Original Message-
> From: Lukas Latz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:32 AM
> To: deFreese, Barry; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Newbee-ish X and root question
>
>
> Barry,
>
> su -m surely does it. So what property
Barry,
su -m surely does it. So what property that's carried over is it that
makes the difference?
Thanks!
Lukas
--- "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Lukas Latz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:31 AM
> > To: [EMAI
> -Original Message-
> From: Lukas Latz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:31 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Newbee-ish X and root question
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> I use KDM over GDM because I found it lets me log in with X as root,
> which I found especially u
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