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Re: KDE2 X display security



on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 12:21:14AM -0700, Ross Boylan (RossBoylan@stanfordalumni.org) wrote:
> If I open a terminal and su, I find I'm unable to open additional
> displays (e.g., 
> su
> emacs &
> ).
> 
> If I change to a regular terminal and do xhost + then the emacs & as
> root works.

Don't do that.

    $ xauth merge ~<your user account>/.Xauthority

...if you run that a bunch, alias it to something handy.

emacs also runs in a non-X mode, though damned if I can remember the
arguments.

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