On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: > "Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Sir you are missing the point. Stop confusing the guy. <snip> > > Assuming, of course, that root never uses the xauth command. <snip>
I already got a mail from Jens containing phrases like "good point" etc. I think either he just misunderstood me or I didn't make myself clear enough the first time. > > And, why > > the hell would he want to use ssh? He's doing this on the same > > frigging machine. He said he logged in with xdm right? Damn it I > > hate it when people spread disinformation like this. > > It appears to me that in your rush to condemn Remco for not > understanding what was going on you failed to realize what a usable, > general, and elegant solution this root xterm is to the usual annoyance > of doing X stuff as root. (and there's no danger of root ever writing > to ~user/.Xauthority) Further, the command line given is aimed very > clearly at a user trying to do root things on the same machine he's > sitting at - ssh may be overkill, but there's not anything less > comprehensive that handles Xauthority forwarding. My assumption is > that you saw "ssh" and missed the "localhost". That was exactly my point. ssh _is_ overkill, but it is the only _useable_ tool. > That Remco responded as civily as he did is one of the things that > continues to amaze me about this list. Thanks. I think that this is a very polite list that gives a reasonable answer to any reasonable question, even for non-Debian issues. Like I said before (on this list or another?), the Debian community is very fortunate to have such a list. Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .