Re: stuck with only 1 xterm in X

[Torsten Hilbrich <Torsten.Hilbrich@gmx.net>]

Alain Toussaint <alaint@boisfrancs.qc.ca> writes:

> a last question,does it possible in X to be logged on as several
> user at once (you see,have 2 xterm logged as root,one as
> alaint,etc...) after this is answered,i'll keep my mouth shut except
> when answering question (i found that i asked more than enough
> questions) ??

You can do something like this:

xterm -T "Root Shell" -bg orange -e su -l root &

after answering the question about your password you get your shell.

I use different background colors for different accounts (news being
the other one I sometimes use).

BTW: I prefer using "ssh -l root localhost" instead of the su because
     it automatically establing a connection to my xserver.  With su
     you had to set DISPLAY manually and either use xauth or xhost to
     gain access to the xserver.

        Torsten


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