Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:49:45 -0700 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-11, Mate, Terminal, Gvim Message-ID: <86o9s8w5ja.fsf@elm.localnet> In-Reply-To: <20170725231936.3f571dbc.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:19:36 %2B0200") References: <a973035703bd510d1226163df5ac9a34.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170725210647.6f4c8fcd.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB1200A48204221928325FC148F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20170725215338.41ea83f0.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB1200CA799271D535917ED023F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20170725230437.88caf5bd.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB12001763910BE8FB395166D4F6B80@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20170725231936.3f571dbc.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: > On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 21:14:40 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: >> I found the perfect way to do this : - ) >> >> Here is the preparation (as normal user) : >> >> su -m root -c 'pw usershow my_normal_user_name &&\ >> touch /var/xauth.extract && \ >> chown my_normal_user_name /var/xauth.extract' >> >> [ $? -eq 0 ] && xauth extract /var/xauth.extract $DISPLAY >> >> Here is the follow-up (as root) : >> >> xauth merge /var/xauth.extract >> >> Now run whatever X stuff you want as root : - ) > > Yes, working with xauth is much more comfortable than > setting $DISPLAY and using "xhost +" to wide open. :-) I just have /root/.Xauthority as a symbolic link to ~/.Xauthority for my user login. I think that should be safe for me as the sole user on this system, and I don't have to fool with xhost. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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