Re: FVWM: root-tail behavior

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:05:42 +0000

On 23 Jun 2004 20:36:23 -0000, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote:
>
> After read "my first .fvm2rc" message on this list, I'm trying to set up
> root-tail on my fvwm desktop. The problem is that I can't see tail from 3
> different files; root-tail shows tail of only one file.
>
> The questions is, if I put root-tail in global init-restart.hook file, which
> is the user thar runs the program? If is current user, so this may be a
> privileges problem, because I have read access only to one of the three files;
> if root-tail is executed by root user, I dont't know which could be the
> problem. BTW, where can I found logs for fvwm errors?

It is easy to determine the user that runs fvwm (and thus all its config
files), just run xterm from the root menu and type "echo $USER".

Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Sat Jun 26 2004 - 15:08:25 BST

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