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Date:      Sun, 10 Jan 1999 21:58:43 +0000 (   )
From:      Marco Shaw <marco@nbnet.nb.ca>
To:        Amelia Hauer <mjrladi97@enter.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fw: X question
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.05.9901102158080.2432-100000@fedrac.nbtel.net>
In-Reply-To: <000601be3cdd$7b3bace0$0400a8c0@dh.athome.net>

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Are you typing 'su -' or 'su'?  The latter is what you want to use.

Marco


>    Quick question., I'm no "X" expert. When I open an xterm, and then su to
>  root in it to run an app as root, (cvsup for example) I get an "unable to
> open
> display localhost:0" error message. What have I missed?


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