Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 15:12:36 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Ian Moore <imoore@picknowl.com.au> Cc: bsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Accessing X display as root Message-ID: <20020811141236.GA3354@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <200208112158.27467.imoore@picknowl.com.au> References: <200208112158.27467.imoore@picknowl.com.au>
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On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 09:58:27PM +0930, Ian Moore wrote:
> How do I configure X to allow me to run apps as root when I run X as
> my normal user?
xhost +local:
will allow any user on your local machine access to your X display.
For more fine grained control you can copy the authorization entry for
your display from your own .Xauthority file to root's:
su root
xauth -f ~${LOGNAME}/.Xauthority extract - $DISPLAY | xauth merge -
Cheers,
Matthew
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