On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:00:56 +0100 Tobias Kraus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > daves debian wrote: > > > When i am logged in as a user, I want to execute an X program as > > > root, I type > > > su > > > <password> > > > > ... > > > > > The X library has been refused by the X server, because root is > > > not autherised to connect to the server ?? > > > > ... > > > > only authorized user can connect to X server, just because you > > are > > root doesn't mean you can connect to X server on given machine (just > > like you cannot connect to other services - e.g. you'd still need > > password for database, ...) > > > > you have few options: > > > > 1) xhost (see man xhost), don't do that though! > > > > 2) as root run: xauth merge ~userThatRunsX/.Xauthority > > > > option 2 will give you access to X server without compromising > > security (while it's running, if you restart X you have to run xauth > > again) > > > > erik > > alternatively you can do this in the root home directory (/root): > > ln -s ~userThatRunsX/.Xauthority . > > This will work as long as you don't log in in X as root. Then, the > .Xauthority file will be overwritten. > > Tobias > On my system, when I'm in X, my XAUTHORITY environment variable is set to something like XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.gdmXfTqzn This is being done because I use gdm. Is there any way to automatically determine what that's going to be or a way to link to XAUTHORITY when it changes every login? I'm trying to use the X display in a procmail recipe when I'm logged in but since the XAUTHORITY variable keeps changing I can't set it arbitrarily in the .procmailrc environment lines. For the user who started this thread -- if you have the same problem, you can set up sudo for the user that needs root access. It works without having to play with xauth. G -- Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following page: http://expita.com/nomime.html gvl2 (Gerald) AirBall the Rolling Basket Case (1969 Standard Beetle) LifeSaver (1974 Bay Window Bus) http://www.phorce1.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
