Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:19:36 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: "byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD-11, Mate, Terminal, Gvim Message-ID: <20170725231936.3f571dbc.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB12001763910BE8FB395166D4F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <a973035703bd510d1226163df5ac9a34.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170725210647.6f4c8fcd.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB1200A48204221928325FC148F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20170725215338.41ea83f0.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB1200CA799271D535917ED023F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20170725230437.88caf5bd.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB12001763910BE8FB395166D4F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 21:14:40 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > I found the perfect way to do this : - ) > > Here is the preparation (as normal user) : > > su -m root -c 'pw usershow my_normal_user_name &&\ > touch /var/xauth.extract && \ > chown my_normal_user_name /var/xauth.extract' > > [ $? -eq 0 ] && xauth extract /var/xauth.extract $DISPLAY > > Here is the follow-up (as root) : > > xauth merge /var/xauth.extract > > Now run whatever X stuff you want as root : - ) Yes, working with xauth is much more comfortable than setting $DISPLAY and using "xhost +" to wide open. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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