Antony Gelberg wrote:
I thought that was what I implied I was doing in my problem description: start vnc as user, login to machine through vnc, then su root, and run the Xapp. What I want is to then setup X so that it can only export to localhost or through a ssh tunnel. I would like to be able to run the vmware stuff through vnc so that I can leave it open as needed so i can monitor it whenever I need. I do setup vnc so that it only exports to localhost (i.e. I need to ssh to the machine first, forwarding the appropriate ports).Mauricio Tavares wrote:Antony Gelberg wrote:Mauricio Tavares wrote:I am trying to access a debian 3.1 box through vnc and run x as root while there. But, I am not having much luck. Here's what I am doing: first I start vnc (using the tightvnc package):Don't run X as root.How do you configure vmware then?I don't. But if I had an X app that needed root privileges, I'd use sudo or su from a terminal.
Does it make sense now? =)