The problem is that "you" own the X session, "root" doesn't.
The easiest way to get this to work is to type xhost + localhost before you do your su. This means that you'll let anyone from the host "localhost" (ie, your computer) connect to your X. However, I recall there were some security risks associated with using xhost like this... maybe someone else will point them out. If you aren't connected to a network (or just dial up occasionally using, eg, ppp) then you should have no problems. (Using "xhost + localhost" helps, lots of people just use "xhost +", which allows *anyone* from *anywhere* access -- bad idea.) If you don't trust people who might be logging in to your machine remotely, you probably don't want to do this. Kirk Jesse Evans wrote: > > Hi, folks! > > I like to use fte as my default editor, however, when I su to modify > my system I cannot use it. I get the following messages: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Could not open display: :0.0 > > However, if I log in as root (as opposed to su from my users > account, it works just fine. Any ideas as to what's up? > > 'til next we type... > HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
