You're actually better off using something like sudo. Try to spend as
little time as possible logged in as root because sooner letter you're
going to do rm *.* by accident.
At 12:51 AM 10/21/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Benjamin....you don't have to do it that way. Just run concurrent
>xsessions. To do so just press ctl-alt f2 and log into the console as
>root. Then type startx -- :1 and you'll end up in a second xsession as
>root. When you're done being root, just do a ctl-alt f7 to get back to
>your original xsession. When you want to be root again just do a
>ctl-alt f8 and you'll be back in root's xsession. You can jump back and
>forth as much as you like.
>
>Alan
>
>Benjamin Sher wrote:
>>
>> Dear Alwyn and friends:
>>
>> This is a key issue. I am a newbie. Could you or someone please spell
>> this command out precisely. What does xhost + localhost reall mean? Do
>> you have to enter this as a command in xterm or what? Please be specific
>> and illustrate it with a real example. I am tired of having to log out
>> of KDE and log in back as root to check for updates. You would be doing
>> an awful lot of people a great favor by telling us precisely how to do
>> this.
>>
>> Thank you so much.
>>
>> Benjamin
>>
>> Alwyn Schoeman wrote:
>> >
>> > I've just noticed that in order for MandrakeUpdate to work as normal
>> > user, you have to
>> > do an
>> > xhost +localhost
>> > before, otherwise it won't work.
>> >
>> > --
>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> > Alwyn Schoeman
>> > Systems Engineer
>> > Prism Secure Solutions
>>
>> --
>> Benjamin and Anna Sher
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>> http://www.websher.net
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