[ccoss] Re: unmount cdrom, device is busy, what is using it,using fuser as a solution

From: Christopher Paulin <cpaulin@xxxxxxx>
To: ccoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 23:43:10 -0500

dave wrote:

>Christopher Paulin wrote:
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>>It worked!
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>>
>>That also worked!
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>Cool :)
>
>
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>>chris@p450:~> su
>>su
>>Password:
>>p450:/home/chris # emacs /etc/default/cdrecord &
>>[1] 1554
>>
>>I have to go this extra work:
>>
>>p450:/home/chris # Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>>Xlib: Invalid XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 key (failed key comparison)
>>emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0.
>>Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.
>>Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
>>connections from your machine.
>>
>>Temporary fix:
>>
>>chris@p450:~> xhost +
>>access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
>>    
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>
>You can get around this a couple ways:
>
>either by using an editor that doesn't use X, like vi (heheh, sorry, had 
>to get that in!)
>
Nah.

>
>or use one of the "su in X" goodies, like xsu (or for something that 
>fits your desktop, kdesu).
>

kdesu works.

chris@p450:~> kdesu emacs &
[2] 1758

It brings up a dialog box that asks for my root password.

Next, I exited out of emacs.

chris@p450:~>
[2]+ Done kdesu emacs
chris@p450:~>

> what they do is temporarily allow an app 
>started as root to connect the regular user's X server.
>
>here's a blurb from gksu's site:
>
>About:
>GKsu is a GTK+ frontend to the su program. It supports login shells and 
>preserving environment variables, and is useful for launching graphical 
>programs that need to run as another user. In the future, it will also 
>wrap sudo.
>
>dave
>
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References:
- [ccoss] Re: unmount cdrom, device is busy, what is using it,using fuser as a solution
  - From: Christopher Paulin
- [ccoss] Re: unmount cdrom, device is busy, what is using it,using fuser as a solution
  - From: dave

[ccoss] Re: unmount cdrom, device is busy, what is using it,using fuser as a solution

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