On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 17:29 -0500, Lei Kong wrote: > Hi, > > I have a strange problem with my thinkpad z60t, running debian testing. > I ran these commands in konsole or xterm under kde: > > $xhost + > $ sudo -s > #kedit > kedit: cannot connect to X server > > What is wrong? > My desktop runs debian testing too, but after su or sudo, > root can open windows even without xhost +. > > xserver-xorg 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 > sudo 1.6.8p12-1 > kdebase 3.4.3-3 > > Can someone enlighten me? > > Thanks. > > Lei Kong > > This should be considered to be a security feature. X generally does not permit root logins and for the same reason, root (via sudo) cannot access the X system. Thanks, Martin OConnor
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