Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	"Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@××××.dk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Stupid Question about su That I Should Already Know The Answer To But Don't
Date:	Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:34:26
Message-Id:	`200606201527.33277.bo.andresen@zlin.dk`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] OT - Stupid Question about su That I Should Already Know The Answer To But Don't by Michael Sullivan

1	On Tuesday 20 June 2006 15:22, Michael Sullivan wrote:
2	> Since my reinstall last week, when I su - to root from the michael
3	> account, root can't use GUI apps. It used to be able to before the
4	> install, and as far as I know, I didn't do anything special to enable
5	> it. How would I go about doing that?
6
7	Use sux.
8
9	$ eix -e sux
10	* x11-misc/sux
11	Available versions: 1.0-r2 1.0-r3
12	Installed: 1.0-r3
13	Homepage: http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/sux-readme.shtml
14	Description: "su" wrapper which transfers X credentials
15
16	--
17	Bo Andresen