Andrew Farmer:
> Use xauth properly instead: run `xauth list' as user, run `xauth add' with
> the output as root.
This works for me, but needs to be repeated each time X restarts.
Hall Stevenson:
> I've got what's supposedly the
> "proper" and safe way to solve this, but it's on my Debian box at home. If
> no one posts it, I can in a few hours.
I'd very much appreciate your posting it. I've been trying to get this
working for nearly a year and while I've received many suggestions, none
have worked.
Reg Hughson:
> I might as well as this as wellthis error only comes up when I have
> xdm or gdm running as my login. If I log on without either, issue
> startx, open a terminal and then 'su -', I don't get thsi error. Is that
> normal as well.
Actually the last time I tested it, the problem only occurred with kdm. With
gdm there was no problem su'ing to root and running X apps. If there really
is a security issue with setting things up the way every other Linux distro
I've used does things, it would seem that the gdm maintainer is (or was)
violating it as well.
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