On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:31 PM, <aurfalien@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So I run a command in my script which requires an xterm, say xeyes for > example. X11 applications look at the DISPLAY environment variable to figure out where to well, display.. Your Xserver has access control that is automagically sorted out for you by your desktop session or ssh client. It will be a little complicated having your Apache user be able to securely access your X server. "DISPLAY environment variable", "xauth", and "x11 forwarding" might be some good background. -- Eric Covener covener@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx