Slack and root access to X server

[Kurt Wall]

An unnamed Administration source, Bill Campbell, wrote:
% 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.

That's how I do it at work.

% 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 :-).

Duh. :-)

Kurt
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