On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 20:15:23 +0200, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> hi,
>
> >>>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
> >
hi,
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 log
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
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 di
On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 15:16:16 +0200, Lubos Vrbka wrote:
> hi guys,
>
> this is probably some stupid mistake or omission i made...
>
> so far, i was starting X using the startx command (i.e., under ordinary
> user). recently i installed xdm to handle my logins (so X is now started
> under roo
hi guys,
this is probably some stupid mistake or omission i made...
so far, i was starting X using the startx command (i.e., under ordinary
user). recently i installed xdm to handle my logins (so X is now started
under root, i guess). everything works fine except that after login as
an ordina
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