On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 10:47:57 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The display manager will be running as root.  But when a suer logs in,
> it turns ownership over th the user.  If you use run level 3, then the
> user owns the X server from the start.  You can also do things like have
> more then one X server running at a time, each owned by a different
> user.  Access to each X server is controled by xauth.   There is an
> XAUTHORITY shell varable that points to the file containing the key.  It
> is possable to grant a program run by a different user access, but it is
> not simple.  Run "man xauth" and you will get an idea...
> 
> On the other hand, maybe you could use something like lynx, or wget to
> do what you are looking for?

I'll check out xauth, though it seems a bit of overkill to have two X
servers running, just for this little toy. It'll teach me something
new, though.

I changed my run level to 3 and logged in again. I see that I own a
process called xinit, but top shows me that X is run by root (and
takes up 15% of my memory, which is why I'll try to make this work
with xauth, but just for homework. Even if it works, it's too heavy a
solution for such a small thing). Anyway, even with logging in from
level 3 the stuff I've been trying doesnt work.

Lynx would work, I guess. I hadn't thought of that.

Thank you for taking so much interest. I feel a little overwhelmed ;)

Germ�n.

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