On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Gree wrote:
> If this is a repost, forgive me, but I never saw the first one.
>
> I recently added two new users to my system. Call them A and B. A and
> B belong to group 'root'.
>
> question 1: In X I have to open a root window to login as a different
> user, even if I originally am logged in as root. Is there a way to
> allow login access from an xterm when I am a member of group 'root'?
>
> question 2: If A logs into the console, B cannot open an X application
> (not even an xterm)--"error: cannot open display". Where do I set
> perms to allow this?
A must type "xhost +" first, then B must type "export DISPLAY=hostname:0"
>
> Thanks
>
> Gree
>
>
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