Re: x and multiple users [solved]
Thanks Osamu and others --
In the end I used the sudo mehtod -- it works great! thanks,
matt
On Fri, 2002-07-12 at 00:21, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 11:09:49PM -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > When I log in to X windows, I usually try not to log in as root. But
> > sometimes I want to run a graphical program as root -- synaptic,
> > say, or xconfig.
>
> This is exactly the thing I asked opininons of developers at
> debian-devel :) There are so many ways to skin this cat and everyone
> had very strong opinion.
>
> Branden Robinson (X maintainer) > This makes me vomit.
> Joey Hess (debconf maintainer) > What's wrong with it?
>
> See more on:
>
> Subject: The best recommendation for allowing "su" in X
> Message-ID: <20020707181145.GC12787@aokiconsulting.com>
>
> I made a summary here.
>
> http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/ch-tune.en.html#s-ss-xsu
>
> I will update debian site version soon.
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