[arch-general] Permanently allow root access

[Thomas Bächler]

Am 01.02.2014 04:55, schrieb piruthiviraj natarajan:
> I want to run root X application in a terminal.
> 
> [root at archbox ~]# smplayer
> smplayer: cannot connect to X server
> [root at archbox ~]#
> 
> 
> I followed the wiki
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Running_X_apps_as_root

Again, the most convenient method of doing this is not included in the
wiki. Add the line

session         optional        pam_xauth.so

to /etc/pam.d/su and /etc/pam.d/su-l. Then switch to your root user
using 'su' or 'su -'.


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