launch a command in another user's session

[Jeremy C. Reed]

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Josh Coffman wrote:

> Is there a way to run a command in another user's
> session?
> Sometimes I remote my home machine while my kids or
> wife are playing on it... just thought it would be fun
> to mess with them.

In X, use the DISPLAY environment variable. (Or some X clients have a 
-display argument.) But the X authentication needs to be setup to allow 
you.

  Jeremy C. Reed

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