Re: running X client as root in other accounts
On Sunday 16 June 2002 10:15 am, uzoma nwosu wrote:
> I really hope this is a simple question that I'm just missing the
> answer somewhere. I'm running Debian Woody on an AMD K6-2 350 box.
> Everything works fine for the most part. It's just that when I try
> to run a xclient as root from a term in an another user account I get
> this error:
>
> # xcdroast
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
>
> Now, I've just ignored this issue because it's not task critical.
> However, I now wish to fix this. So I humbly ask for suggestions.
I'm not real clear on what you're trying to do. "...run a xclient as
root from a term in an another user account..." Do you mean that you
have two xsessions active on your box from two different users. Or do
you mean that you have one xsession active, you've logged into via
console another user account, su'd to root, and now wish to display
xcdroast from user2-su[root] on user1's X display? Or (and most
likely), you've logged into X. su'd to root, and now want to start
xcdroast?
Assuming the latter, try this: from your primary user and your
favorite term; su to root, then enter:
# xcdroast -d :0.0
Glen
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