Jamin W.Collins wrote:
Try opening a terminal as a normal user and running the following: echo $XAUTHORITY now 'su' to root and run the same commands again. And, finally 'su -' to root and run the commands one more time. I think you find the answer to your questions. (hint: take a close look at $XAUTHORITY)
Yep, XAUTHORITY does stay the same after 'su', thanks for the info. --To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org