Re: Xhost probs

1999-04-19 Thread Richard Harran
Perhaps you want: $xhost +localhost (any user connected to your machine can use the current xsession) The better method is to: #export XAUTHORITY=/home//.Xauthority after su-ing (or add to /root/.bash_profile or whatever) HTH Rich M.C. Vernon wrote: > > Hi, > >

Xhost probs

1999-04-19 Thread M.C. Vernon
Hi, This is probably a FAQ, but anyway. I'm trying to set things up so that I can run a root Xterm should I need to. The methodology is: xhost root@ su /usr/X11R6/bin/Eterm --icon-name "ROOT" -n "ROOT" --scrollbar-right -S "red" -b "red" -I /usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/bomb.xpm -e bash