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Re: how does root run a graphical prog



On Monday 20 May 2002 18:45, Willy S wrote:

> 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

You could try using ssh with X forwarding for that. Just "ssh root@localhost" 
should do the trick. It's not the best way, but it works.


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