[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: emacs to run as root from su, in its own X window?
|
From: |
Andreas Schwab |
|
Subject: |
Re: emacs to run as root from su, in its own X window? |
|
Date: |
Sat, 15 Jun 2002 18:14:12 +0200 |
|
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.3.50 (ia64-suse-linux) |
Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com> writes:
|> How do I get emacs to run as root when I do su, in its own X window?
You need to carry the X authorization information over to root. See
xauth(1).
Andreas.
--
Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de
SuSE Linux AG, Deutschherrnstr. 15-19, D-90429 Nürnberg
Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5
"And now for something completely different."