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Date:      Sun, 11 Aug 2002 09:32:08 -0400
From:      "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
To:        Ian Moore <imoore@picknowl.com.au>, "bsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Accessing X display as root
Message-ID:  <200208110932.08771.bts@babbleon.org>
In-Reply-To: <200208112158.27467.imoore@picknowl.com.au>
References:  <200208112158.27467.imoore@picknowl.com.au>

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On Sunday 11 August 2002 08:28 am, Ian Moore wrote:
| Hi,
| I used to have the answer to this question somewhere, but I've lost it &
| can't see anything about in the handbook, FAQ or mailing list archives
| anymore, so I'll ask here.
| How do I configure X to allow me to run apps as root when I run X as my
| normal user?

xhost +root

should do it.

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