>         Hi,
> I recently upgraded my Xfree setup to 3.3 from unstable. But now I seem
> to have some problems.
>        Only the user that runs the xserver (startx) can run apps on it
> any attempt to run an app by another user is refused. eg below;
>
># xhost
>
>Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
>xhost:  unable to open display ":0.0"
># 

Isnt this a "feature"? Did you try "xhost +"? My root-user also must not
open windows on my (user-)screen. "xhost +" disables this.

Gernot
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