On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 04:27:18PM -0500, Sam Carleton wrote:
> folks,
> 
> I know there is a way, I just lost the road map:)  Almost
> exclusively I access my UNIX (NetBSD and Solaris) machines via
> SSH2 (VanDyke's SecureCRT).  SecureCRT has a X11 port
> forwarding feature, which I use in conjunction with
> Hummingbirds's X11 console.  Under the user account I log into
> normally, I will launch xterms until I am blue in the face.
> Of course these xterms are going though the ssh2 tunnel so
> that everything stays secure.  It is also my understanding
> that any other GUI applications launched continue to use the
> same ssh2 tunnel, keeping them also secure.
> 
> My question: How can I launch a xterm which is running at root
> and will allow root to launch other GUI applications?
> Currently I become root with sudo:
> 
> sudo su - root -c tcsh
> 
> I guess I am trying to figure out how to combine both sudo,
> su, and xterm to get things working in a nice secure fashion.
> Does anyone have any thoughts?

You can use xhost to do this, but I'm not sure if that's the best
solution. Using xhost you have to add entire hosts at a time, and this
may not be something you are comfortable with doing. At any rate, check
out the Xsecurity man page, it has some more hints.

-- 
Soren Jacobsen