[arch-general] [Bulk] Re: gparted cant take root priviliges

[Guus Snijders]

Op 11 jul. 2014 12:37 schreef "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com>
het volgende:

[...]
> If you want to run a GUI app, e.g. Firefox as user B, while you're in a
> user A's X session, you need to do something like this:
>
> xhost + ; gksudo -u B firefox
>
> xhost + is a sledgehammer, I anyway use it that way, xhost could be used
> smarter.

I haven't tested it, but xhost seems a bit superfluous in combination with
gksudo. Doesn't gksudo take care of setting the X auth itself?

mvg, Guus