Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:26:00 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.1 and intel graphics Message-ID: <20121021132600.a24018a1efc416fb068c50f5@getmail.no> In-Reply-To: <19.B4.17144.D1CB3805@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> References: <19.B4.17144.D1CB3805@smtp01.insight.synacor.com>
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Hello, On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:10:53 -0400 Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com> wrote: > Normally I start X by startx which may be followed by an initialization file, > so I don't get the default spartan default twm all the time. In Linux and > FreeBSD, I generally use X as nonroot. Which is the "normal" and correct way, IMHO. > So I don't really know how to start a program such as xterm as another user > or how to have both root and nonroot windows in X. Is there any reason why you don't make use of su(1) or sudo (/usr/ports/security/sudo)? That way you can just launch a xterm as your normal user, and become root when you want / need. HTH -- Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no>
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