Re: Root login in graphical enviroment
On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 02:49, Kirk Strauser wrote:
>
> At 2002-07-31T15:38:49Z, Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonline.net> writes:
>
> >> gack! use sudo!
>
> > Wont X reject the connection unless you merge your magic cookie?
> >
> > Try it. go
> >
> > sudo gdmconfig
> >
> > Does it work or do you get
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
>
> The GDM configurator GUI opened and allowed me to make settings changes.
Type
xhost
What does it say? If it has any lines like
INET:hostname
Then you should go read the X authentication HOWTO and see why this is a
Bad Thing.
Crispin
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