Re: X Server Client Refusal?
On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Victor Torrico wrote:
> When running as root or su applications are refused permission to run. The
> following error message appears:
>
> vct# nedit
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> NEdit: Can't open display
> vct#
>
> The applications run fine when logged in as a regular user, however,
That's because if you startx as a normal user, only that normal user is
authorized to connect to that xsession, unless you do something like
xhost + (which disables ALL access control, not a good idea). It seems
that in this one regard the superuser is treated like a normal user by X
and required to have xauth permission to connect.
Will
harpo@udel.edu
lowe@cis.udel.edu
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/
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