[indiana-discuss] cannot ssh in as root to localhost

[Mark Phalan]

On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 02:37 -0700, Johnny Koen wrote:
> But how can I get around installing applications as root and use X

Install applications by 'su'ing to root.

Run X applications (locally) as root by running 

$ xhost +si:localuser:root
$ su -
# <X application>

-Mark