From: "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@zlin.dk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
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 15:27:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606201527.33277.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1150809750.21942.1.camel@camille.espersunited.com>
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On Tuesday 20 June 2006 15:22, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> Since my reinstall last week, when I su - to root from the michael
> account, root can't use GUI apps. It used to be able to before the
> install, and as far as I know, I didn't do anything special to enable
> it. How would I go about doing that?
Use sux.
$ eix -e sux
* x11-misc/sux
Available versions: 1.0-r2 1.0-r3
Installed: 1.0-r3
Homepage: http://fgouget.free.fr/sux/sux-readme.shtml
Description: "su" wrapper which transfers X credentials
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Bo Andresen
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-20 13:22 [gentoo-user] OT - Stupid Question about su That I Should Already Know The Answer To But Don't Michael Sullivan
2006-06-20 13:27 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen [this message]
2006-06-20 13:40 ` Teresa and Dale
2006-06-20 13:55 ` Petr Uzel
2006-06-20 15:12 ` Devon Miller
2006-06-20 19:01 ` Michael Sullivan
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