Slack and root access to X server

[Bill Campbell]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 03:12:19PM -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
>I'm trying to install OpenOffice, and the script always dies "unabble to
>access the X server" - any clues?
>
>I've done "xhost +localhost" and even "xhost +", but no dice.

Try ``xterm -l root -e slogin localhost'' or ``ssh -f -l root xterm''.
This should give you root access with the proper X capabilities.  You may
have to edit the ssh_config and sshd_config files to turn X11 forwarding
on.

I find it far easier to run X clients with ssh than dealing with the
$DISPLAY variable and xhosts, not to mention more secure (as if X without
ssh were at all secure :-).

Bill
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