[QCLUG] Re: Kid timer

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 01:48:32PM -0500, Leif Theden wrote:
> >Instead, root can abuse its privileges to call:

> >  DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/var/lib/gdm/\:0.Xauth \
> >     zenity --info --text='computer will shutdown in 5 minutes'
> >

> i couldnt get this to work on my system.  i use kdm, does that have
> anything to do with it?

Yes, if you use kdm your master Xauth file will be in a different location.

> ps, what is XAUTHORITY?

It's the standard variable used to point to a file containing the shared
secrets for authenticating connections to an X server.

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