Re: Xemacs wont run under SU, is it normal?

1997-09-02 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
I'll add one more way how to su and get those X apps working. Lets say I'm running X as user 'hessu' and just did 'su -' so I could run xemacs as root. # export DISPLAY=:0 # export XAUTHORITY=~hessu/.Xauthority # xemacs & // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere

Re: Xemacs wont run under SU, is it normal?

1997-09-02 Thread Alfonso E. Urdaneta
Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > The problem with this is, that 'everyone' is not limited to users logged > in on your computer. If you use it, and it works, this means that anyone > can access your display. This includes reading every key you touch on your > keyboard, so it will be easy for a hacker to c

Re: Xemacs wont run under SU, is it normal?

1997-09-02 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Alfonso E. Urdaneta wrote: > lc29b50 wrote: > > > > After I execute the su command to switch to root, when I run Xemacs, it > > gives me an error message(something related to xlib6) and won't run. Is > > this normal? > > > > Try opening another window and typing "xhost +". >

Re: Xemacs wont run under SU, is it normal?

1997-09-02 Thread Alfonso E. Urdaneta
lc29b50 wrote: > > After I execute the su command to switch to root, when I run Xemacs, it > gives me an error message(something related to xlib6) and won't run. Is > this normal? > Try opening another window and typing "xhost +". When you su, you become a different user, who does not own the s

Xemacs wont run under SU, is it normal?

1997-08-29 Thread lc29b50
After I execute the su command to switch to root, when I run Xemacs, it gives me an error message(something related to xlib6) and won't run. Is this normal? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .