[ale] I'd like to be able to run X programs from root

[Jim Lynch]

On 01/31/2012 06:59 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
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> Ah. Root has to build an xauthority file. Login from console as root 
> and run startx and that should do it. Then ssh -X wiil work as long as 
> you su and not su -.  Your nonroot ssh user also must loginto X once 
> from console as well.
> Gvim is not a security sensitive application.
>
>
OK thanks, I'll give it a try.

Jim.