On Saturday 29 August 2020 06:37:22 Gerhard Zintel wrote: > On 29/08/2020 15:12, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Ok. To run programs as root on X11 you need to transfer X credentials to > > root. This can be done by hand (eek!) or just use "sux". > > To do it on command line just look up: > man xhost > > Gerhard > Thanks, everybody! I believe that will help me solve the password problem. Now there only remains for me to find a suitable replacement for Firestarter, or to learn better how to use ufw/gufw. Like I said, to be able to see my connections in real time is a nice feature. Reading logs is just not the same; by the time I catch a bad actors, they have already made their exits. Bill