Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > With Red Hat Linux, there's still no need to log into an X desktop as > root. The GUI system configuration utilities will ask for the root > password when you open them as a regular user. Or, you can always run > them from a shell prompt after doing an 'su' or 'sudo'.
On systems and setups which do not allow you X access initially, (ie. knoppix) you can do something like this $ sudo bash # echo $DISPLAY :0.0 (if it doesn't say :0.0, do 'export DISPLAY=":0.0"') # xauth merge ~knoppix/.Xauthority (assuming the username that "owns" the current X display is knoppix) # xterm & This is somewhat safer than xhost + -- Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...and one script to rule them all." gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5
