Hello, On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:10:53 -0400 Thomas Mueller <muelle...@insightbb.com> wrote:
> Normally I start X by startx which may be followed by an initialization file, > so I don't get the default spartan default twm all the time. In Linux and > FreeBSD, I generally use X as nonroot. Which is the "normal" and correct way, IMHO. > So I don't really know how to start a program such as xterm as another user > or how to have both root and nonroot windows in X. Is there any reason why you don't make use of su(1) or sudo (/usr/ports/security/sudo)? That way you can just launch a xterm as your normal user, and become root when you want / need. HTH -- Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolf...@getmail.no> _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
