Re: Xserver authorization/security

2004-09-07 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:55:07PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks - and, you're right, and I had forgotten that; ".login" is a > shell feature. (I probably didn't look in the "csh" or "tcsh" > manuals...) > > The "Xauthority" tactic, if I understand correctly, is similar to > using "xau

Re: Xserver authorization/security

2004-09-07 Thread listcomm
Thanks - and, you're right, and I had forgotten that; ".login" is a shell feature. (I probably didn't look in the "csh" or "tcsh" manuals...) The "Xauthority" tactic, if I understand correctly, is similar to using "xauth"; you have to run something from your login shell one way or another. What

Re: Xserver authorization/security

2004-09-07 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 02:47:58PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to get my single-user system set up so that > programs running as root to be able to open windows, etc. > (ref. the infernal message "Not allowed to connect to > server", etc. etc.) /usr/src/linuxen/kernel-source-2.2.2

Xserver authorization/security

2004-09-07 Thread listcomm
I'm trying to get my single-user system set up so that programs running as root to be able to open windows, etc. (ref. the infernal message "Not allowed to connect to server", etc. etc.) Thus far, I've been able to get this to work by five methods: (1) login and start "xdm" as root, (2) use "su -m