Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:32:36 -0600 From: JD <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-11, Mate, Terminal, Gvim Message-ID: <5977F134.2020804@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86o9s8w5ja.fsf@elm.localnet> References: <a973035703bd510d1226163df5ac9a34.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170725210647.6f4c8fcd.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB1200A48204221928325FC148F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20170725215338.41ea83f0.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB1200CA799271D535917ED023F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20170725230437.88caf5bd.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB12001763910BE8FB395166D4F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20170725231936.3f571dbc.freebsd@edvax.de> <86o9s8w5ja.fsf@elm.localnet>
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On 07/25/2017 03:49 PM, Carl Johnson wrote: > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: > >> On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 21:14:40 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: >>> I found the perfect way to do this : - ) >>> >>> Here is the preparation (as normal user) : >>> >>> su -m root -c 'pw usershow my_normal_user_name &&\ >>> touch /var/xauth.extract && \ >>> chown my_normal_user_name /var/xauth.extract' >>> >>> [ $? -eq 0 ] && xauth extract /var/xauth.extract $DISPLAY >>> >>> Here is the follow-up (as root) : >>> >>> xauth merge /var/xauth.extract >>> >>> Now run whatever X stuff you want as root : - ) >> Yes, working with xauth is much more comfortable than >> setting $DISPLAY and using "xhost +" to wide open. :-) > I just have /root/.Xauthority as a symbolic link to ~/.Xauthority for my > user login. I think that should be safe for me as the sole user on this > system, and I don't have to fool with xhost. On Fedora, root does not need normer user permission to run gui apps. Very DANGEROUS :(
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