Re: XScreenSaver daemon

["Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery ece cmu edu>]

On 08/25/00 10:33:20 -0400, "Paul D. Smith" <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com> 
wrote:
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|    sr> This is happening while I am logged in as user root. I do not get
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| Make sure your $DISPLAY variable is set to "0.0" (note ".") not "0:0".
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I suspect the correct answer is "xscreensaver refuses to run as root; hack 
the source if you absolutely insist on opening a security hole by running 
it as root".  (and jwz is unlikely to be swayed by anything like the recent 
whining about gmc doing the same thing.)

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electrical and computer engineering                                    KF8NH
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