Quoting Martin Fluch (fluch@rock.helsinki.fi): > Indeed. Therefore I use > > mfluch@seneca:~$ su > Password: > root@seneca:/home/mfluch> export XAUTHORITY=/home/mfluch/.Xauthority > root@seneca:/home/mfluch> > > ...and then every X application works just as before as the normal user. It's a little simpler to do: $ ssh -X root@localhost -- Cheers, Right to keep and bear Rick Moen Haiku shall not be abridged rick@linuxmafia.com Or denied. So there.