I would like to add that I find one of the easist way to move between root
tasks and a user Xsession is; (Crtrl+alt+f1[or any other f1 to f6 key] all at
the same time) and login the text console as root. do what i need and then
Crtrl+alt+f7 to get back into my Xsession as a user.
On Sunday 08 July 2001 19:08, Lars 'Darmok' Heiermann wrote:
On 08 Jul 2001 07:52:33 -0700, Curtis Matthiesen wrote:
Hi there,
I was wondering if there is a way that I can run my Kmail account while
I'm logged under as Root.
For example if there is a switch of some sort that'll allow me to do
this, so that way if I am logged under Root I don't have to
Ctrl + Alt + Backspace and relogon just to get to my email.
Yes there are ways to do that.
For example this:
open a xterm / eterm / whatever
then type in
xhost +localhost
(to let applications connect to the x server that other users start on
your machine)
then
su - user
to switch to the account 'user' (you should use your username here)
then
declare -x DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
to set the display the started X applications should connect to
and then
kmail
to start your kmail.
But I see no reason to run X as root, better would be to login as normal
user and if you need to do things as root use
su -
to switch to root.
HTH
Lars Heiermann
