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Re: xhosts problem



On Wed, 09 May 2007 15:19:13 +0530
Vidyadhar Gadgil <vgadgil@gmail.com> wrote:

> Logged in as one user, I often need to check mail of other users (I
> use Evolution). In Fedora Core 5, which I used earlier, I would just
> log in through a terminal and open Evolution for that user in that
> same terminal without any problems. Could not do this in debian etch
> 4.0 (to which I recently switched), some research led me to type
> 'xhost +' in the terminal before doing this to disable access
> control. But while programmes like iceweasel open fine for other
> users, evolution opens and then freezes up.
> 
> The alternative in debian seems to be to use the user switch tool
> through the fast user switch applet. This works okay, and enables me
> to log in as another user, while staying logged in as the original
> user. But if many processes are running for the original user, the
> system sometimes hangs and I have to reboot rough and dirty.
> 
> Isn't there any way to give fedora-like ability to open
> xwindows-dependent programmes as the original user. Some /etc/Xhost*
> file or something (I could not find any such in my fc5 install)? Or to
> avoid these hanging problems when switching users with many processes
> running? 

Have you tried the 'sux' package? That should solve the problem you
describe.

-- 

Liam



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