Re: X problem

[Miguel Griffa <mgriffa@technisys.net>]

as the regular user who logged in
xhost +
for more info man xhost
there are security issues with this.

Bruce Park wrote:

> Hello Debian users,
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> I was wondering how I can fix this problem regarding the root user and 
> X. Normally, I log into the machine as a regular user then use the su 
> command to become root. Whenever I need to utilize X(xmms, emacs), I 
> get an error stating the following:
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> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by the server
> Xlib: client is not authorized to connect to Server
> emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0
> Check the DISPLAT environment variable or use `-d'
> Also use the xhost program to verify that it is set to permit 
> connections fro your machine
> ==============================================
>
> I'm thinking that I need to add the root user to the Xlib somehow. 
> Unfortunately, I'm a newbie when it comes to linux so....
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