On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Raja Subramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > > Use dbus, it is designed exactly for this usage. > > X has an authentication mechanism between the X server and the client. The > shared secret MIT MAGIC COOKIE is stored in the xauthority file which is > accessible only by the local user who has started the X session. If you > want to applications launched by your cron job to communicate to X sessions > of other users, you will have to bypass the X session security mechanisms. > Not a recommended practice.
+1 (Nice and succinct explanation Raja). Sidebar question to OP - can it not be done via a simple email? I guess your objective is to notify the users that the job is completed. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
