Re: [Hampshire] Gconf-editor

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Author: Leo
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Gconf-editor
That works a treat, thank you.

Leo

On Friday 24 Dec 2010 09:50:46 Jonathan Hudson wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:41:58 +0000
>
> Leo <linux@???> wrote:
> > That was my first guess, but it doesn't work.
> >
> > Leo
> >
> > On Thursday 23 Dec 2010 18:39:47 Narendra Sisodiya wrote:
> > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Leo <linux@???> wrote:
> > > > Does anyone know how to run gconf-editor as a different (non-root)
> > > > user?
>
> Assuming you can do the necessary sudo magic ... here jrh updates dmh's
> gconf settings (not that I'd _ever_ do that, dearest) ....
>
> jrh $ xhost +SI:localuser:dmh
> localuser:dmh being added to access control list
> jrh $ sudo -u dmh -i
> [sudo] password for jrh:
> dmh $ DISPLAY=:0 gconf-editor
> dmh $ logout
> jrh $ xhost -SI:localuser:dmh
> localuser:dmh being removed from access control list
>
> -jh
>
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