[95935] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Help: init 5 / xdm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Messmer)
Thu Oct 22 11:22:51 1998
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:14:51 -0700
From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com>
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Terrance L Eck wrote:
> However, when I login as a normal user and perform su to get root access
> I cannot open an X application such as nedit. Says something about not
> getting display 0:0. I remember sometime ago the answer was posted to this
> list. Can someone tell me the command to use after I su to root so that I
> can run X applications? A pointer to where the answer is will be enough.
>
Actually, you need to type "xhost +localhost" _before_ "su". That'll
grant other users from localhost to open X applications on your
server.
Perhaps someone more experienced with xauth could give us some
information on .Xauthority files?
MSG
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