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Subject: Re: "root" access kcmshell modules now need "xhost+"?
From: Craig Drummond <cpdrummond () freeuk ! com>
Date: 2001-11-14 15:20:23
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> > Craig Drummond tracked down the fact that if the user disables
access
> controls
> > (using xhost+), then step 5 correctly reloads the font installer as
> root.
> > IIRC, the "xhost+" was not needed previously (say a few weeks ago).
> So, is
> > this new behaviour expected?
> >
> > Thanks, Shaheed
> >
>
> Just as a thought - if "xhost +" is needed, then can't startkde be
> moddified to have "xhost +root" ?
>
This doesn't work - I looked at the man page for xhost on Solaris and
it says you can do "xhost +<username>", but the command only accepts
hostnames...
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