On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:58:52 +0200, "Aggelidis Nikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for your help! > > some additional questions: > > 1) is there any way to give the root password once? i tried this: > #!/bin/sh > > su root -c "\ > xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 1' -e 'app1' & > xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 2' -e 'app2'\ > " > > but i get this: > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s
su doesn't preserve the DISPLAY environment variable, so you can use one of the following: sudo bash -c "xterm & xterm &" su root -c "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY ; export DISPLAY ; xterm & xterm &" > i don't think i need something so complex. Is there any way to > instruct xterm not to close after the execution of the program? I'm not sure. It may be possible to play shell-specific tricks that cause `app1' to be executed as part of the shell's startup scripts. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"