Re: Fw: su in X

[Dave Whiteley <d.l.whiteley@ee.leeds.ac.uk>]

Thanks, I thought it sounded horrid.

I presume that this is a one off fix. You need to do it each time you
su?

Dave 



On 11-Apr-2001 Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:49:18AM +0100, Dave Whiteley
> (d.l.whiteley@ee.leeds.ac.uk) wrote:
>> I had a similar problem a bit ago. I seem to recall that I fixed
>> it
>> by making root's ~/.Xauthority file a symbolic link to "my"
>> version
>> of the same file.
> 
> Don't do that.
> 
> Instead, as root:
> 
>     $ xauth -merge ~$user/.xauthority
> 
> ...for appropriate values of $user.
> 
> -- 
> Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>   
> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
>  What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?       There is no K5
> cabal
>   http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/        
> http://www.kuro5hin.org

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Date: 11-Apr-2001
Time: 11:03:47
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