Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > No difference with "su -". I don't have any line in root's *rc files which > set the DISPLAY.
$ set | grep XAUTH $ su - # set | grep XAUTH notice, they will be different. It boils down to security. you can do it two ways. $ su - # export XAUTHORITY=/home/$OLDUSER/.Xauthority # xterm -OR- $ xauth extract /tmp/keys.txt $DISPLAY $ su - # xauth merge /tmp/keys.txt # xterm -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
