On Sunday 23 September 2018 09:20:34 Étienne Mollier wrote: > On 9/23/18 5:06 PM, Grzesiek Sójka wrote: > > $ xhost +LOCAL: ; DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 xterm > > non-network local connections being added to access control list > > xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0 > > Whoops, however the DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 was a typo of mine. > DISPLAY=:0.0 should have been used in that case. Sorry for the > typo. > > That is not very useful when doing SSH indeed, but for launching > X applications under another user for instance, when using > “su -”, it is useful sometimes. > > Kind Regards, I did the xhost +LOCAL: ok,
but I am still locked out of using synaptic-pkexec as the UID=1000 =======paste from local konsole, logged in as gene on rock64======== gene@rock64:~$ synaptic-pkexec ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic === Authentication is required to run the Synaptic Package Manager Authenticating as: Gene Heskett,na,na,unlisted,genuine old fart (gene) Password: polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === Error executing command as another user: Not authorized ================================== Why the heck is it looking for a session cookie? I doubt if its talking about the container of chocolate chunk cookies I have at hand here. :) Thanks for any enlightenment. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
