Re: x apps won't start as root under normal user
--- "Michael B. Levy" <mblevy2000@yahoo.com> wrote: >
Folks,
>
> When I need to do file admin on my system, I often
> open up Konqueror as root while logged in as a normal
> user, or open up an X text editor to do the same, but
> for the last couple of days, any attempt to open up an
> application that depends on X returns this error:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
What you should really do is install "sudo" and use that, or if you're
GUI-friendly, "sux" also helps. Of course, _really_ you shouldn't ever run
Xapps as root for security reasons. What you should do is:
su -
password:
xauth ~user/.Xauthority
export DISPLAY=:0.0
Where ~user above us the username of the person who currently has X
running.
-- Thomas Adam
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