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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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