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Re: [suse-kde] Konq & Launching Progs as Root
- From: "Paul W. Abrahams" <abrahams@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 13:16:49 -0400
- Message-id: <20020505171708.ZYOO9799.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@there>
On Thursday 02 May 2002 11:31 pm, cryptopia wrote:
> On Thursday 02 May 2002 11:22 pm, AnonymousCoward wrote:
> > But with Suse8 I can no longer (as a user) launch X-based programs su
> > from these windows. Logged in as root I can, but not when as a user and
> > launching from these programs as superuser.
>
> Try...
> ssh -l root localhost
>
> then enter the commands.
I've always gotten around the problem by including
xhost +localhost
in my ~/.xinitrc file. If that still works in AC's environment, it's much
more convenient because it doesn't require an incantation each time you want
to do something as root.
Paul Abrahams
> On Thursday 02 May 2002 11:22 pm, AnonymousCoward wrote:
> > But with Suse8 I can no longer (as a user) launch X-based programs su
> > from these windows. Logged in as root I can, but not when as a user and
> > launching from these programs as superuser.
>
> Try...
> ssh -l root localhost
>
> then enter the commands.
I've always gotten around the problem by including
xhost +localhost
in my ~/.xinitrc file. If that still works in AC's environment, it's much
more convenient because it doesn't require an incantation each time you want
to do something as root.
Paul Abrahams
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