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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Re: Screenshot of KDM
From:       Hanne Munkholm <hm () it-c ! dk>
Date:       2002-01-25 12:32:30
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Mario Klebsch wrote:

> ... since there already is an -auth option passed to the X server, you
> could (for a single event like a screen dump) use this file. Xdm has
> prepared it for us, so just use it. Set XAUTHORITY and you will get
> access. I just tried it with xlogo, it worked great, on the log in
> screen as well as during a users session. :-)
> 
> Ok, now you have to choose: either change the xdm setup or> extract the
> name of the auth file from the ps-output.
> 
> Now it should work...

Yes!! It worked nicely with setting XAUTHORITY to the file I could
extract from the ps output.

So simple, and I would never have thought of it myself. Thank you very
much for your help!

-- 
Hanne Munkholm         hm@it-c.dk
Leder af LinuxLab      http://LinuxLab.dk

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. --Warren Buffet
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