From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 25 17:42:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com [66.66.72.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A85F437B419 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:42:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by roc-66-66-72-6.rochester.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 17E0F901A00; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 20:40:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 20:40:54 -0500 From: mpd To: Jeff Jeter Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: simple question Message-ID: <20020325204054.A67341@rochester.rr.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from gsfgf@hotmail.com on Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 08:34:03PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 08:34:03PM -0500, Jeff Jeter wrote: > How do i get out of superuser mode. I am trying to run an app that cannot > be run in superuser mode (winesetup), but i cnnot startx (needed for > winesetup) except in su mode. when i su root -c startx X starts, but i am > logged in as root and cannot run winesetup. What command do i use to un su? > thx. > The short answer is to su to another user. The longer one is to fix the X problem, as that will just cause more problems down the road until you do fix it. mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "POKEY REGARD!!! J'AI INVENTE LE CIRCUIT PRINCIPAL DU DRAGON!!!" - Little Girl from "LE CIRCUIT PRINCIPAL DU DRAGON" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message