"Erik" == Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com> writes:
Erik> you have few options:
Erik> 1) xhost (see man xhost), don't do that though!
Erik> 2) as root run: xauth merge ~userThatRunsX/.Xauthority
Erik> option 2 will give you access to X server without
Erik> compromising security (while it's running, if you restart X
Erik> you have to run xauth again)
A third option is the one I tend to use:
$ ssh -l root -X localhost
Cheers!
Shyamal