Re: Root login in graphical enviroment

[Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonline.net>]

On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 07:25, Thanasis Kinias wrote:
> scripsit martin f krafft:
>
> I've resorted to the 'ssh -X root@localhost' hack, too, as there's no
> way for root to read my .Xauthority file -- it's on AFS.  I've pretty
> novice with X stuff, though, so I'd love to hear a secure way of running
> GUI apps as root that Just Works (tm).

Sheesh. Its not a hack. Its not insecure.

All of these people should just read OReilly's "SSH the definitive
guide" and gain an understanding of what is actually going on behind the
scenes.

Crispin