Making some assumptions about your requirements: 1. Make sure xauth is installed 2. Your DISPLAY environment variable is likely: ":0" - just verify it is set 3. Run the command: "xauth list" 4. Copy the line that has "<hostname>/unix:", all three parts 5. Use su - or sudo to get an interactive session for alternate user 6. Run xauth command with no arguments 7. Type "list" at the prompt 8. Assuming this user currently doesn't have permission (no entry for host/display): 9. Type "add" and then paste the line you copied from step 4 10. Type "exit" command from xauth 11. Firefox should now be able to use the display, and your addition is persistent On Tue, 2022-01-11 at 17:23 +0000, lejeczek via users wrote: > Hi guys. > > How do you get your Firefox to run/work with different user? > I'm thinking obvious - sudo, su - kind of 'runas' with > windows OS. > > many thanks, L > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
