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[ale] I'd like to be able to run X programs from root
- Subject: [ale] I'd like to be able to run X programs from root
- From: ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com (Jim Lynch)
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:37:42 -0500
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On 01/31/2012 06:59 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> Ah. Root has to build an xauthority file. Login from console as root
> and run startx and that should do it. Then ssh -X wiil work as long as
> you su and not su -. Your nonroot ssh user also must loginto X once
> from console as well.
> Gvim is not a security sensitive application.
>
>
OK thanks, I'll give it a try.
Jim.