--- "Michael B. Levy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks, > > When I need to do file admin on my system, I often > open up Konqueror as root while logged in as a normal > user, or open up an X text editor to do the same, but > for the last couple of days, any attempt to open up an > application that depends on X returns this error: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified
What you should really do is install "sudo" and use that, or if you're GUI-friendly, "sux" also helps. Of course, _really_ you shouldn't ever run Xapps as root for security reasons. What you should do is: su - password: xauth ~user/.Xauthority export DISPLAY=:0.0 Where ~user above us the username of the person who currently has X running. -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
