[ale] X application as root

[James P. Kinney III]

I can duplicate that by using "su -". This uses the root setup
environment. As the screen in use is owned by my account, a new root
login can't touch it. Check to see if your su is aliased to "su -".

On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 07:55, David Corbin wrote:
> Not to the local display.  Mozilla and xterm both says "Xlib: connection 
> to "192.168.26.97:0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server".
> 
> 
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> 
> >Do you get a message that states the application failed to connect
> >to the local display?
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 09:29:34PM -0400, David Corbin wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I have an X display running on my laptop.  KDM and login directly in to 
> >>my desktop system.  Works great.  I run lots of apps.  However, when I 
> >>su to root, suddenly NO applications work.  DISPLAY is still set the 
> >>same.  Any ideas?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>David
> >>
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