Re: Screen in an Xterm -- su & running browser

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 03/26/04


Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:25:59 GMT

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:05:45 GMT, Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote:
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> I run my box (Linux/Debian) from Screen running in an x-terminal-emulator called "aterm".
> The 'xterm' opens in a window created by a light window manager, flwm.

Got it!

Somehow, when I started running startx from this account, the magic cookie in the .Xauthority
file was re-written. I copied it to the other users $HOME as root and made it owned by
thatuser:thatuser and all is well.

Later,

AC