Re: gui progs as root in x under normal user?
On Sat, May 22, 1999 at 10:39:50PM -0500, fairfax@pclink.com wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 May 1999 19:18:48 +0200 Peter Granroth wrote:
> > > How do i start graphical programs under X as root while I'm logged in as a
> > > normal user?
> >
> > If you put the following in root's .bashrc (assuming you use bash),
> > you can start X programs when su root in a users X session:
> >
> > if [ "$USER" != "root" ] ; then
> > export XAUTHORITY=`eval echo ~$USER/.Xauthority`
> > fi
> >
> Just curious...I can do su root from a user's X session, but I have nothing
> like that in root's .bashrc, nor in /etc/profile. (I do use bash.) Is this
> happening through some other mechanism, or am I missing a file?
This has nothing to with the ability to su to root from a users X
session, but to be able to start X clients as root /from/ the su
root shell. Without the above in root's .bashrc (or some other
equivalent solution), you will not be able to do that.
HTH
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