[openbox] "root command" in autostart.sh

[Ian Zimmerman]

stefanozanobini> Due to problems with nm-applet (network manager tray
stefanozanobini> icon), I should start it as root.  Is it possible to
stefanozanobini> start as root a programm with autostart.sh?  Something
stefanozanobini> like "sudo nm-applet" (but without password request!)

You can easily configure sudo to not ask for passwords in specific
circumstances, such as when executed by a specific user.

A much thornier problem in this situation is going to be the transfer of
your X11 authentication token to the root account.  Read "man xauth" for
that.  It is doable but tricky enough (in combination with a program
such as sudo) then for a long time I bypassed all this by running a ssh
daemon and executing something like

ssh -o ForwardX11 root at localhost nm-applet

which takes care of the X11 details.

I don't do this anymore because I have no use for rooty X programs.

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