Re: "su" Capability Needed In Konqueror
db002i@mail.rochester.edu wrote:
>On Sunday 24 June 2001 05:35 pm, csj wrote:
>> Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that. But I'm worried. What sort of
>> magic does kdesu do? As console (konsole, xterm) root, I can't run
>> konqueror.
>>
>> alpha:/web/debian/http# konqueror
>> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
>> konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0
>
>as the user you logged into X as, you have to do
>xhost local:
>
>to allow root (and other users on localhost) to open things in X.
Don't use xhost. Try 'export XAUTHORITY=~/.Xauthority' as your ordinary
user instead. That way, unless you use 'su -' or su to a user who can't
read your .Xauthority file, the authority to use the X server will be
transferred properly. If you want to su to a user you can't read your
.Xauthority, you can do tricks with xauth.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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