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Date:      Sat, 18 Aug 2001 07:36:06 +0200
From:      Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <mekanix@privat.dk>
To:        Justin C Sherrill <justin@shiningsilence.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Opening root-windows on userX' display.
Message-ID:  <20010818053425.CCFQ14731.fepZ.post.tele.dk@there>
In-Reply-To: <01081723181802.00504@roc-24-169-96-227.rochester.rr.com>
References:  <20010817083259.HICK449.fepA.post.tele.dk@there> <01081723181802.00504@roc-24-169-96-227.rochester.rr.com>

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On Saturday 18 August 2001 05:18, Justin C Sherrill wrote:

> I don't know if it's the correct way to do it, but typing "+xhost
> 127.0.0.1" in a terminal window, and then su'ing to root, seems to allow me
> to then launch X apps as root.  It just worked now launching an Xterm as
> root, though I'm logged into XWindows as non-root.

Hey, that works too. But it needs a running X-session and thus there doesn't 
seems to be a way to do this automatically?

Bjarne

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