Re: [Sheflug] Problem

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> > 	Try typing (as normal user):
> > 	xhost +127.0.0.1
> > 	(or whatever IP address you want to enable root proggies to run
> > from). Should fixit
> > José
> 
> Is that the same as typing (again as normal user):
> 
> xhost +localhost
> 
> if you don't know the IP address?
> 

Yes - run xhost as the user who owns the X session (ie, before you su). A 
"better" way is to get to grips with xauth, but I can't remember enough about 
it to give any more details about it. And since a disk crash I've lost all my 
config to refer back to.

Chris...who thinks Debian maybe going to the land of /dev/null and
	replaced by Slack on his box...


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