On Sun, 08 May 2005 19:51:15 -0700 Myk Taylor wrote: > If you're logged into a X as a user and su to root in a console, root > won't have the appropriate credentials to access X (~/.Xauthority). One > way around this is to allow forwarded X connections in sshd and run > ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] > instead of su. the '-Y' parameter sets the DISPLAY variable and > forwards X connections to your running window manager. > > any other solutions out there?
sux does the same as su but transfers whatever is needed for authentication. > > --myk > > Hareesh Nagarajan wrote: > > How do I enable programs which are executed by the root to connect to > > the X server? > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
