Re: Installing Enigmail

[HdV@DTO.TUDelft.NL]

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, ninaiz wrote:

> try as a normal user:
> [user@laptop:~]$ xhost local:
> non-network local connections being added to access control list
> [user@laptop:~]$ su     ( AND NOT SU - )
> Password:
> [root@laptop:~]$ mozilla

Please don't do that. Better to learn the propper way to run X as
another user by using xauth. Xauth allows you to import the magic cookie
of another user, so you can authenticate yourself to X like this:

$ su - <user>
# export DISPLAY=:0.0; xauth merge ~<user>/.Xauthority
# xfontsel &

xhost won't discriminate users, only hosts, which could be a security
problem on a multi-user system.

Fill in the propper username and display and your good to go.

HTH

Grx HdV