On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:55:03 +1200 Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 2004-09-29T16:34:55+1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > to cut a long discussion short., what is the best way to run a > > graphical program as root if you do not have sux and don't want to use > > xhost +localhost ? > > Learn to use xauth(1) properly, or cheat and do: > > ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] [optional program to execute] > > ...which will set up the X authentication correctly for you, assuming X > forwarding is enabled in your sshd configuration. yes of course it will, silly me. as i posted earlier sux works too. its a bash script wrapper to su and sets $DISPLAY and X auth cookies. no ssh overhead. http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/sux-readme.shtml > > Cheers, > -mjg > -- > Matthew Gregan |/ > /| [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
