Re: How do you use su under X?
> Cookies are just random keys that are assigned to an X session (by
> xdm) when you log in. In order to display anything in that session you
> have to have that key.
>
> RedHat and SuSE probably don't enable their use. Under Debian you can
> disable them via the xdm configuration file in
> /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config. If you wanted to turn them off you'd set
> DisplayManager._0.authorize to false.
>
> The reason the cookies exist is because X is pretty insecure without
> them. It's easy, for example, if you have "xhost + localhost" set for
> someone on localhost to capture you're keystrokes in any of your
> windows, or take snap shots of your screen.
I want the cookie security so other users can't do anything wrong.
I also want "root" to be able to use the X display no matter
who is running x. What is the simplest way to
achieve this?
Helge Hafting
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