Re: emacs to run as root from su, in its own X window?
On Jun 15, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to gnu.emacs.bug as well.
>
> This may be a debian specific problem, hence the CC.
>
> It may be "user lack of understanding". If so, "then beef up the
> FAQs". Or maybe I didn't look. Anyways, I solved the problem. I put
> xhost local:root #dangerous? else root can't open an emacs window
> in ~/.xsession. Anyways, the problem was:
>
> How do I get emacs to run as root when I do su, in its own X window?
Don't use su, it doesn't pass X authorization credentials
(.Xauthority) to the root process. sudo is vastly superior and solves
this detail; it's also safer.
xhost is, indeed, dangerous; if you're not careful, you can easily
open a root hole into your box.
Chris
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