From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 1 8:52:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtprelay1.adelphia.net (smtprelay1.adelphia.net [64.8.25.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 618E737B479 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:52:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from pa-westmifflin1a-530.pit.adelphia.net ([24.48.239.18]) by smtprelay1.adelphia.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id G3CUQP00.IZ1; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:49:37 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:45:52 -0500 (EST) From: pW X-Sender: packetwhore@beastie To: John Indra Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few questions In-Reply-To: <20001101211754.A11708@indocyber.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As for root opening up an X app... use just 'su' instead of 'su -' For mail, look into qmail as well... I am pretty happy with it... shawn On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, John Indra wrote: > Dear subscribers... > > I have a few questions and I hope these questions won't be categorized at to > silly to ask. > > 1. When I run X as user1, how can I permit other user to run applications on > my display? > Example: I su - to root then when root tries to run some X application, my X > display doesn't permit it. What should I change so root be temporarily be > given the permission to ``draw'' something on user1's display > > 2. I have a Logitech PS/2 wheel mouse. Apparently, my mouse looks like an > OEM version. Black logo. In XFree86 3.3.6 days, I understand that the wheel > function for these mice doesn't work. Does it work with XFree86 4.x? I have > setup appropriate entry in XF86Config and have run imwheel. Still doesn't > work... Does anyone who have Logtich PS/2 mouse wheel OEM working under > XFree86 (working wheel I mean)? > > 3. I'm very interested in Postfix. On the first build, it failed because of > SASL. Second, I try to build without SASL support cause I don't need it for > practise server. All went fine. Do I have to modify any entry in > /etc/rc.conf? Currently I let my system to run sendmail. > > Regards, > John > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message