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## run-gui-apps-from-a-different-user.md

      
        
          
            
              
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              February 18, 2020 15:08
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                How to run a GUI application as a different user?
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    How to run a GUI application as a different user:
Suppose you are logged into your Linux box as user1 using some X window system already (with GNOME/Unity/..).
Now you want to run some gui app as another user, user2.
Run:

xhost + - Run as the user1. This enables access to user1's X window system from other users.
You should see following output: 'access control disabled, clients can connect from any host'
sudo su - user2 - Using your favorite terminal, log-in to second user.
export DISPLAY=:0.0 - optional for some apps.