>>> "Jan" == Jan Vroonhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jan> Deniz Dogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> How can I use a normal user`s gnuserv process as root? What I >> want to do is: as root to use a normaluser`s emacs to edit some >> conf files. >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# xauth -f /home/deniz/.Xauthority extract - :0.0 | >> xauth merge - [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# gnuclient -h dogan.dyn.ml.org >> ipfw.dotfile >> What am I missing or doing wrong? Jan> 1. gnuclient xauth uses a cookie for display :999 Jan> use this (our version of mkcookie also makes a cookie for Jan> localhost:0, your milage may vary). Jan> #! /bin/sh GNU_HOST=bolzano export GNU_HOST # Make Gnuserver Jan> cookie for poor user. if [ -f $HOME/.Xauthority ] then xauth Jan> add $GNU_HOST:999 . `xauth -q list localhost:0 | cut -d' ' -f5 Jan> ` fi It doesn`t work, at least I can`t get it. `xauth list dogan:999 | cut -d' ' -f5' gives the same cookie for root and the normal user (deniz), but still I`m getting the same error: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# gnuclient -h dogan ipfw.dotfile # ipfw.dotfile is root`s gnuclient: Connection refused gnuclient: unable to connect to remote I also tried using host-based mechanism: deniz$ echo $GNU_SECURE /home/deniz/gnu-secure deniz$ cat gnu-secure localhost dogan This isn`t work either. Jan> 2. Gnuclient only tells the remote XEmacs to find-file the Jan> file, so the user has to have permission to edit the file. You Jan> could try using efs if you allow root ftp access. I`m trying all this on one box (dogan), I donn`t need remote access. Thanks. -- Deniz Dogan -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
