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From: Billy Holmes <billy@××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtkpod won't start
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:05:07
Message-Id: 47473F1F.1090005@gonoph.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtkpod won't start by Dirk Heinrichs
1 Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
2 > No difference with "su -". I don't have any line in root's *rc files which
3 > set the DISPLAY.
4
5 $ set | grep XAUTH
6 $ su -
7 # set | grep XAUTH
8
9 notice, they will be different.
10
11 It boils down to security.
12
13 you can do it two ways.
14
15 $ su -
16 # export XAUTHORITY=/home/$OLDUSER/.Xauthority
17 # xterm
18
19 -OR-
20
21 $ xauth extract /tmp/keys.txt $DISPLAY
22 $ su -
23 # xauth merge /tmp/keys.txt
24 # xterm
25
26
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gtkpod won't start Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>