May be I'm missing the point here. I open a terminal window, type "su" and give it the root password, then that terminal window executes commands as root. Slightly OT, I use xdm to get remote logins Linux<-->Linux and Linux<-->Solaris, etc. On the machine I'm sitting at, "X :2 -query <hostname or IP address> [vt09] &" e.g, on Linux you can configure ---- /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager:DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS="yes" /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager:DISPLAYMANAGER_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE="yes" If you are not worried about the possible exposure. With this I remotely manage multiple Sun/Fujitsu machines or Solaris domains (X:3 X:4 etc.) - leaving the hyperterminal guys open-mouthed. Regards Sid. Art Fore wrote:
Had tried that before and it didn't work. Tried it again, now it works although sux still does not work.
Art
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 12:42, Rocco Charamella wrote:
before suing try xhost +localhost Then su and it should work. On Friday 07 November 2003 10:49 am, Art Fore wrote:
Tried that. Get the following after doing sux xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority sporthorse:/home/afore # nedit Xlib: connection to "Sporthorse.3mts:0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key NEdit: Can't open display
In addition, I found that if I login to gnome desktop and I try to run Yast2, it comes up with similar error. Same with file manager in super user mode.
Art
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 10:36, Kastus wrote:
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:23:22AM -0800, Art Fore wrote:
I tried that, it does not work in 9.0 that I can find. It did work in 8.2.
Try deleting /root/.Xauthority and then run sux again
Regards, -Kastus
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