I just use Xnest -query localhost :1
and login via the xdm prompt as root.
voila - a root session in a window under a normal users session.
No faffing about with authorities and crap.
How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in
as a
normal user?
On Mon, 17 May 1999 19:18:48 +0200 Peter Granroth wrote:
How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a
normal user?
If you put the following in root's .bashrc (assuming you use bash),
you can start X programs when su root in a users X session:
if [ $USER !=
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 17 May 1999 19:18:48 +0200 Peter Granroth wrote:
How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a
normal user?
If you put the following in root's .bashrc (assuming you use bash),
you can start X programs when su root in a
On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 10:39:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 17 May 1999 19:18:48 +0200 Peter Granroth wrote:
How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a
normal user?
If you put the following in root's .bashrc (assuming you use bash),
you
On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 02:32:55PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a
normal user?
The message i get when i try is:
Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
If you're
On Mon, May 17, 1999 at 07:20:55AM -0400, Allen B. Riddell wrote:
Easy way to do this...
put xhost localhost in your .xinitrc
or, you could type it each time before you go into root.
A safer solution would be to do (as root):
# export DISPLAY=:0.0
# export
Robert Vollmert wrote:
A safer solution would be to do (as root):
# export DISPLAY=:0.0
# export XAUTHORITY=/home/yourname/.Xauthority
That worked until I started to work in a networked environment. Then I don't
like all clients to have root access to the users home directory so the row
How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a
normal user?
The message i get when i try is:
Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
Easy way to do this...
put xhost localhost in your .xinitrc
or, you could type it each time before you go into root.
At 02:32 PM 5/13/99 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a
normal user?
The message i get when i try is:
Xlib:
On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 02:32:55PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a
normal user?
If you put the following in root's .bashrc (assuming you use bash),
you can start X programs when su root in a users X session:
if [ $USER !=
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