Re: how to run X apps as root?
On Tuesday, 3. July 2001 05.17, D-Man wrote:
> solve the problem (it ususally does for me) then type something like
> 'xhost +localhost' in a terminal as a regular user (ie the one who
> started the xserver).
I don't find this a good solution, as you open up your X session to everyone
else on your machine (might even be hackers).
What I do is use 'su -p' instead of just su. It's not perfect tough since
your $HOME, $LOGIN etc variables are still referring to your login account
tough.
Christian.
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