Re: running root X programs

[chandran@c9c1.erols.com]

Another idea, the simplest one I could think of: in your startx script, add
the line ``cat ~root/.Xauthority >> ~/.Xauthority'' just after 
``serverargs="$serverargs -auth $HOME/.Xauthority"''.  First startx as root to 
create the ~root/.Xauthority file and chgrp it so that only users in a group 
who locally access the machine can read it.  Only problem is the file is 
re-created whenever root uses startx, but I'd start X as the normal user anyway.

Chandran

Michael Beattie wrote on Sat, Sep 05, 1998 at 11:33:43PM +1200..
> On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Andrew wrote:
> > How do you run an X program as root whilst still in a user X session? 
> 
> Many ways...
> 
> 1) su in an xterm.. no worries.
> 
> 2) As root on a VC:
>    # xauth -f /home/[user]/.Xauthority extract - :0 | xauth merge -
>    # export DISPLAY=:0
>    # [prog] &
>    ... no worries.
> 
> 3) the list goes on.. thats all I can think of at the mo. Anyone else?