Re: xauthority and root
On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 05:37:44PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 05:22:48PM -0500, Decibels wrote:
> > Seems that a lot of the stuff I try to do, like 'make xconfig' and
> > starting a xfm session,... for root, when I
> > need to use root, I still have to do the
> >
> > xauth merge ~/username//.Xauthority
> >
> > to get it to work. Is there anyway I can add this to a script at boot,
> > so I don't have to enter it when I need
> > to use something as root? I am not running a server so I don't think I
> > need to worry about security on this.
> Ceate $HOME/.xinitrc as:
>
> # This makes X work when I su to root.
> if [ -z "$XAUTHORITY" ]; then
> XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority
> export XAUTHORITY
> fi
>
> and run "su" in xterm.
>
> Does this work for you? ... from my "Debian reference" below
Doesn't work if you are using kdm/kde :-}.
-Andy
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