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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
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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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