Re: how can other users use X?
On Wednesday 28 July 2004 01:38, James Vahn wrote:
> John van Spaandonk wrote:
> > root@Marius:~# xhost +root
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > xhost: unable to open display ":0"
> > root@Marius:~#
>
> Did whoever started the X server give that command? Try "xhost +marius"
Yes.
> as that user, before su'ing to root. I get "bad hostname" with user names
> like +root.
Me too.
The only thing that worked for me was to set (as the user who started X)
xhost +
After this I can run X apps as root.
Note that the following did not have any effect:
xhost +Marius
xhost +localhost
xhost +127.0.0.1
From my /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost Marius
Anyway, now I found a way that works, although I still cannot selectively
grant access to X.
Thanks for the help!
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