Getting a default xterm started up before xdm goes..

[Jonathan Morton]

>Well, I got XDM set up, but I want an xterm set up. I have this 99.9% figured
>out..
>
>I have this set up in my "Xsetup" file:
>if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm ]; then
>  /bin/su nobody -c "/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -fg '#FFFFFF' -bg '#000000'
>-geometry 120x15+150+500 -e sh -c 'cat /etc/motd; read STDIN'" 2>
>/tmp/xsetup-errs &
>fi
>
>You can all tell what this is (the su command is so that it doesn't end up as
>root, just for protection, is this a good choice?)
>
>When I take the su command out, it works all honkey dorrey.. but when I leave
>it in, it just won't work..

If you're running an X client as a different user than what you started X
as, you need to run "xhost +localhost" to allow it to connect.

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