Re: Logging on to X as root?

[David Krider <david@davidkrider.com>]

Roberto Sanchez wrote:

> Use a utility like 'sudo', or use the -p option with your basic 'su' command. 
> In both cases, your normal user environment is preserved for the root user
> process you want to run (letting you connect to the xserver and all that).

Indeed this works. Thank you! I now have OpenOffice installed.

I'm still curious, though, about the reason that the other way seemingly 
*can't* work. Why won't a simple `su -' to root let me run an X 
application, even though I export a DISPLAY variable and `xhost +' on 
the user side? I want to understand what Debian is doing here.

Thanks again,
dk