On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 12:40:12PM +0700, Jean Christophe ANDR? wrote: > Matt Zimmerman ?crivait : > > This disables access control in the X server. This is, almost always, a > > very bad idea. > > A better way to allow it (when you switch from normal to root user) : > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# xauth merge ~test/.Xauthority > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# export DISPLAY=:0.0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# xterm # or whatever Xwindow program you want to run > > I can remember there was some 'su' feature doing it automagically somewhere > (with RedHat, Mandrake or another one)...
An easier wethod: $ su # export XAUTHORITY=~user/.Xauthority -- - mdz
