Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 19:11:13 +0100 From: Dennis <4real@home.nl> To: kitsune <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running X program under different user Message-ID: <3E4E82C1.9020108@home.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030215070149.7b96478d.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> References: <3E4E7786.2010809@home.nl> <20030215070149.7b96478d.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>
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kitsune wrote: >On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:23:18 +0100 >Dennis <4real@home.nl> wrote: > > > >>Hi, >> >>I'm a former kde user, using Windowmaker now.... >> >>And in the past i always used RUN in kde, to startup my favourite irc >>client... >> >>RUN had several options to execute programs under a different user etc, >>which comes in handy when using IRC... >> >> > >if that run thing was a command that can be done then it can still be used under windowmaker... > > > >>But now i need to use SU i think to accomplish this, but it doesnt work :( >> >> > >wierd it works here... >su <username> -c <command> > >example... >su kitsune -c scilab >this will su user kitsune and then run scilab > > > >>Does anyone know which command i can use to execute an X program under a >>different user? >> >> > >this will work too... >ssh 127.0.0.1 -X -l <username> >the -X turns on X forwarding > > > > when i try su [user] -c xchat, i get this error: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 RUN in kde was a kde-specific command...i think it was in the KDE Panel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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