Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:50:03 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "Aggelidis Nikos" <aggelidis.news@gmail.com> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: open multiple xterms with script Message-ID: <87wsehprr8.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <30fc78250812022358v1970b4f6x6a1d6b3c9ca8f0c8@mail.gmail.com> (Aggelidis Nikos's message of "Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:58:52 %2B0200") References: <30fc78250812020007h22ab0dc4if044e46b4f36b00c@mail.gmail.com> <20081202093544.a5cb8a21.freebsd@edvax.de> <30fc78250812022358v1970b4f6x6a1d6b3c9ca8f0c8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:58:52 +0200, "Aggelidis Nikos" <aggelidis.news@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your help!
>
> some additional questions:
>
> 1) is there any way to give the root password once? i tried this:
> #!/bin/sh
>
> su root -c "\
> xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 1' -e 'app1' &
> xterm -geometry 80x25 -title 'App 2' -e 'app2'\
> "
>
> but i get this:
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s
su doesn't preserve the DISPLAY environment variable, so you can use one
of the following:
sudo bash -c "xterm & xterm &"
su root -c "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY ; export DISPLAY ; xterm & xterm &"
> i don't think i need something so complex. Is there any way to
> instruct xterm not to close after the execution of the program?
I'm not sure. It may be possible to play shell-specific tricks that
cause `app1' to be executed as part of the shell's startup scripts.
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