On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 10:48:48 -0800, Collins Richey muttered: > Before issuing 'su', as your normal user, you must issue 'xhost > +localhost' in order to allow the root user to have access to the > display. This is considered a security exposure, so as soon as you exit > from the root environment, issue 'xhost -localhost'.
NO, NO, NO. xhost is EVIL. Use xauth properly instead: run `xauth list' as user, run `xauth add' with the output as root. -- Andrew Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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