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Re: Xauthority question



> Hi
> 
> I would like to run some X apps from a 'su -' shell xterm.
> 
> I used to use the following trick to save myself the need of messing with
> xauth:
> 
> in the root shell I set:
> 
>   DISPLAY=:0.0
>   XAUTHORITY=/home/tzafrir/.Xauthrity
> 
> (since root can read the user's home directory)
> 
> However, this doesn't work anymore. Any idea if there is any way to make
> it work?
> 
> If not, can anybody give me the required xauth commands? (Yes, I tried the
> man page, but I didn't fully understand it).
> 


I do not know how is the following suggestion compared to what others have 
said but here is one way:

	bash-2.04# export XAUTHORITY=$(echo /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/*)


> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Tzafrir Cohen
> mailto:tzafrir@technion.ac.il
> http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
> 
> 
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