[NTLUG:Discuss] linuxconf

MadHat madhat at unspecific.com
Thu Feb 21 12:13:22 CST 2002


On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 11:51, Rev. wRy wrote:
> Patrick Parks wrote:
> 
>  
> > I seem to remember being able to su to root and running linuxconf before
> > I upgraded to 7.2. Is there some place I need to enable this, or am I
> > totally wrong? Thanks for any input.
> 
> 
> Try typing
> xhost +
> 
> before you su to root.

that allows any and all hosts to use that host to display X apps and can
be a bad thing.  It is best to supply a host or IP  after the +.  You
can also specific user after the + as well.

> 
> > Patrick Parks
> 
> 
> Ry
> 
> 
> 
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