Re: Trying to run one process as root, how?
On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 06:17:00PM -0400, William T Wilson wrote:
> > since I believe if you use "+root" you would be allowing the root user
> > on any other system to connect to your X server as well.
>
> Actually, you will be allowing any user on system 'root' to connect.
Not according to the xhost man page:
The xhost program is used to add and delete host names or
user names to the list allowed to make connections to the
X server.
[+]name The given name (the plus sign is optional) is
added to the list allowed to connect to the X
server. The name can be a host name or a user
name.
I wouldn't recommend any of these as a matter of policy, but for
momentarily starting up a root-owned X client it's usually acceptable.
As you mention, depends on the system and whether you have other local
users.
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