[H-GEN] root running x programs in Debian

[Michael Anthon]

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ben.carlyle at invensys.com wrote:
<snip> lots of complicated suggestions </snip>

> Coming up with other approaches is left as an excersise for the reader.

You could also use sudo.  apt-get install sudo and then edit the 
/etc/sudoers file.  You really should use this anyway as it saves a lot 
of stuffing around when you want to run root programs.  You can then run 
"sudo whatever-x-based-admin-tool-you-like" from within an X terminal 
without any further mucking around with X authority crap.


Cheers

Michael


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