Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 14:07:12 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Opening root-windows on userX' display. Message-ID: <20010818140711.A79888@acadia.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <20010818053425.CCFQ14731.fepZ.post.tele.dk@there> References: <20010817083259.HICK449.fepA.post.tele.dk@there> <01081723181802.00504@roc-24-169-96-227.rochester.rr.com> <20010818053425.CCFQ14731.fepZ.post.tele.dk@there>
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On 08/18/01 07:36 AM, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen sat at the `puter and typed:
> 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
>
I added the following to my personal .xsession file:
xhost localhost
Then add some environment variable testing to the root init scripts
(.bash_profile, .profile, whatever) so that if it doesn't get a
DISPLAY setting from its invoking shell (via exported DISPLAY
setting), it is automatically set to ":0.0". Then you needn't bother
with xhost settings, DISPLAY settings, etc.
I use the following in my ~root/.bash_profile
# Set DISPLAY if we don't already have it.
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
export DISPLAY
fi
Works fine.
HTH
Lou
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