"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