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