adding command to startup
Matt Cahill
m-cahill-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Mon Feb 14 16:30:34 UTC 2005
Monday, February 14, 2005, 11:20:16 AM, you wrote:
LS> On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 02:45:20PM -0500, Matt Cahill wrote:
>> A while ago, I found that I needed to do 'xhost +' to allow myself to log-in
>> as root and run certain apps like Synaptic. It turned out, in the ensuing
>> discussion, that 'xhost +' isn't exactly the most secure command in the
>> world, and I found that 'xauth merge /home/matt/.Xauthority' did the trick
>> better (or so I'm led to believe). Problem is, I'm not sure how to add this
>> to the startup routine. I tried adding it to /etc/init.d, but it's not
>> recognized. So my question is: do I append an existing start-up script, or
>> is there a way to register a start-up script of my own so that my system
>> recognizes it?
LS> Hmm, I thought the xauth merge was only required once, and then stayed
LS> in effect forever. Doesn't yours behave that way? I wonder if the
LS> xauth cookies are updated on each login.
LS> Lennart Sorensen
Lennart,
Well, this is the thing (strange as it is): if I type 'xauth merge
/home/matt/.Xauthority' (as root), it works for as long as my
computer is running. As soon as I reboot, I need to do it again.
As this is an area I have very little knowledge of, I'm not sure
what's 'right' and what's 'weird'. I *do* know that it's
inconvenient ;)
Cheers,
Matt
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