Re: Root in X Display
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 03:43:04PM -0600, Chris Spencer wrote:
> How can I change my permissions so that root can run things on the X Display
> of my normal user? For example, if I drop to a command prompt, su to root,
> and try to configure the kernel by typing in "make xconfig" I get the error:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
>
> How can I change this? Thanks...
To steal one of Karsten's answers from a couple weeks back:
> Rather than exporting xauthority, my preference is:
>
> # As root
> $ xauth merge ~$USER/.Xauthority
>
> ...where $USER is your desired user.
>
> This transfers cookies from $USER's .Xauthority file to root's
> .Xauthority file. Changes to user's .Xauthority file don't effect X.
> X now has access to user's X session, but not vice versa.
(Hey, Will... Is this one in your 'newbie tip-of-the-.sig' list yet?)
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