Re: xhosts problem
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Vidyadhar Gadgil wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Installed sux and tried it out. No luck when I tried 'sux user' --
> evolution froze up again. But 'sux - user' worked perfectly. Why is
> that?
>
> Anyway, thanks a ton, you have solved the problem. Would be curious to
> know, though, whether the hanging I sometimes experience when using the
> fast-user-switch-applet is a bug? Of course, sux is a much better option
> for my needs, but I'm curious anyway.
>
The - tells the shell to refresh the environment variables. That's why
sux - user works when sux user doesn't.
Joe
- --
Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iD8DBQFGQcTOiXBCVWpc5J4RArbUAKDF/Qs9HyzkKD2YodyefybwsFSjkQCgqJA0
vJ4luAK/fF6Fgo/CRWEaQKk=
=rsf8
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: