on Tue, May 21, 2002, Rogerio Acquadro (racquad@led.unicamp.br) wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > How come root can not run a graphical program under other user
> > session. Let say, I do 'su' and I try to launch gkrellm. Xterm will
> > produce this message:
> >
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> >
> > Everything fine if I run a console program under root. This problem
> > only occurs if I run a program as a root under other people session.
> >
> > Please enlighten me.
> >
>
> When you log in as a regular user, type on a terminal: xhost localhost
> This command will enable you to run any graphical program as root.
<suggestion mode="half-serious">
Should the list merely filter any post mentioning the phrase "xhost +",
or permanently unsubscribe the miscreant?
</suggestion>
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