Re: su/sudo cannot X

[Lei Kong <lei.kong@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 17 January 2006 19:17, you wrote:
> 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, but, with "xhost +", root should be able to start X applications.
Like I said, I don't have such a problem with my desktop.

Lei
>
> Thanks,
> Martin OConnor