Re: [kde] Konsole unable to start xapps as root in Archlinux

Hi,

| > $ export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority
| > $ su
[. . .]
| Unless I am missing something, I think you are creating a security
| hole doing it this way.

Thanks for the warning. Could you elaborate? Sounds important.

Cheers,
Ryo
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