Re: Fw: su in X

[Andre Berger <uzscd5@uni-bonn.de>]

* Erik van der Meulen <e.van.der.meulen@dices.nl>, 2001-04-11 11:56 +0200:
> Dear list, this should be easy, but I have not managed yet...
> I run Gnome desktop as a 'regular' user. If I need to do systemsmanagment, I
> do 'su -' in a terminal to get root access. Only if I need to start an X app
> (just installed red-carper), I get an error:
> 
>   Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

You could run "ssh root@localhost <your program>" in an xterm, if you
"PermitRootLogin yes" and X11-Forwarding for localhost in
/etc/ssh/ssh*config.

Andre Berger                                [andre.berger@topmail.de]