Changing SU konsole to export $DISPLAY

[Kevin Krammer]

On Friday 08 April 2005 14:59, Andrew Kar wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:54 am, Rikard Johnels wrote:
> > How can i change that?
>
> There should be a few ways but the first I would try is to change the app
> run command to: kdesu konsole
> I am not that familiar with all the interactions of scripts in Suse but
> exporting DISPLAY in the root .bashrc ( or whatever the shell is in suse)
> or profile should do it.

Usually the one running the X server has to additionally grant access to it by 
running
xhost local:username

I circumvent boh issues by doing a local ssh login for root, X forwarding 
enabled.
Using autrhentifiaction by key exchange you don' even need the root password.

Cheers,
Kevin
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