[Discuss] memory management

[Bill Ricker]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Matthew Gillen <me at mattgillen.net> wrote:

> I've found that if you use
>   su - <username>
> then you can run X programs as another user without trouble.
>

IIRC that requires a permissive setting on the X "server" to allow any to
connect to execute graprics, which may not be harmful in a home setting but
feels wrong.​

​gksu works as a sudo for graphical programs and i think it avoids the
above .


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