[ale] I'd like to be able to run X programs from root

[Jim Kinney]

Security has changed at the PAM and selinix layers. In centos6 rot can't
run startx with selinux in targeted mode.
Most config gui are run as non-root and authentication is with a popup
password box. So run the stuff as a normal user and wait for the prompt.
RHEL7 will have selinux for X (partly at least).
On Jan 30, 2012 7:44 PM, "Jim Lynch" <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:

>  I can  ssh -Y  to a remote Ubuntu system,  sudo -s, perform some
> commands including running X programs like gvim.  It also used to work
> in Centos 5, however with Centos 6 and Fedora 14 it complains.
>
> E233: cannot open displayX11 connection rejected because of wrong
> authentication
>
> echo $DISPLAY tells me the variable is set OK.
> localhost:10.0
>
>   I'm logging in via ssh from a Ubuntu system to Fedora (for
> instance).  As a normal user I can display X programs fine, but when I
> sudo it doesn't work.
>
> My Centos 5 system does but my Centos 6 and Fedora systems don't.
>
> I'm sure it's some sort of security restriction but is there a way to
> make it work?
>
> Google wasn't much help or I didn't know how to phrase the question.
> Wonder if Evi would help?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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