Hi! This works for me, but is it good (securitywise)? 1) Adding these lines to root's .bashrc (having commented the old Xauthority entry): eval OLDHOME=~$USER RCFILE=$OLDHOME/.rootrc if [ -e $RCFILE ] then source $RCFILE fi 2) Creating a file in each user's ~/ called '.rootrc' with this line: export XAUTHORITY=$OLDHOME/.Xauthority Regards tom -- "The Cathedral and the Bizarre" Thomas 'tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----MandrakeUser.Org-Webservant---- UMS: +49-(0)89-1488-208756 fon: +49-(0)30-45809013