run program with another user how?

[Arthur Bela]

gksu -u mm5-user -l -d -w xcalc

worked!

thank you!

On 25 November 2010 15:07, Arthur Bela <jozsi.avadkan at gmail.com> wrote:
> When i log in with the ANOTHERUSER, and start the app, it works.
>
> http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=v00dEEtF
>
> when i log in with USER, i can't even start xcalc with gksu, so the
> problem is not with wine, or the program
>
> wow, ok, thank you!
>
> have a very good trip!!
>
> On 25 November 2010 12:21, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Arthur Bela <jozsi.avadkan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I want to use an application with wine, but not with the user logged
>>> in -> with another user [it would be a """chroot""" ~like "thing" :D -
>>> because i don't trust the app...]:
>>>
>>> i set the permissions:
>>>
>>> chmod 705 -R ANOTHERUSER/
>>>
>>> gksu -u ANOTHERUSER xcalc
>>>
>>> it asks for a password, i type in the correct passwd, but nothing happens.
>>>
>>> What am i doing wrong? :(
>>>
>>> it doesn't give any error messages, that i can "google".. :\
>>
>> I assume that you're typing in the correct password; that of the user
>> running gksu.
>>
>> The problem's probably that you have to extract Xauthority from the
>> gksuing user and merge it into the Xauthority of the gksu'd user. I'm
>> about to board a flight so I'll have to post a fuller answer later if
>> this info's not enough.
>>
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