On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 05:22:48PM -0500, Decibels wrote: > Seems that a lot of the stuff I try to do, like 'make xconfig' and > starting a xfm session,... for root, when I > need to use root, I still have to do the > > xauth merge ~/username//.Xauthority > > to get it to work. Is there anyway I can add this to a script at boot, > so I don't have to enter it when I need > to use something as root? I am not running a server so I don't think I > need to worry about security on this. Ceate $HOME/.xinitrc as:
# This makes X work when I su to root. if [ -z "$XAUTHORITY" ]; then XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority export XAUTHORITY fi and run "su" in xterm. Does this work for you? ... from my "Debian reference" below -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D . See "User's Guide": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/ See "Debian reference": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ . "Debian reference" Project at: http://qref.sf.net . I welcome your constructive criticisms and corrections. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]