[Gllug] Running X apps as root in Debian

[Bruce Richardson]

On 02/05/02, 12:18:49, Nick Mailer <nickm at positive-internet.com> wrote 
regarding Re: [Gllug] Running X apps as root in Debian:


> >
> > # xauth merge ~user/.Xauthority
> >
> > Things should work magically from there on in. HTH!
> >

> Or, as I do it:

> cp /home/nickm/.Xauthority /root

> which has fewer keystrokes :-)

Which doesn't do exactly the same thing.  It would kill any other xauth 
keys that had been merged in.

-- 

Bruce

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