Re: Magic cookies and running programs under X as root

2001-01-30 Thread kmself
on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 03:58:02PM -0700, Gary Hennigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > > on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 02:12:44AM -0800, Terry Carney > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0

Re: Magic cookies and running programs under X as root

2001-01-29 Thread Gary Hennigan
kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: > on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 02:12:44AM -0800, Terry Carney > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > > > Error:

Re: Magic cookies and running programs under X as root

2001-01-29 Thread kmself
on Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 02:12:44AM -0800, Terry Carney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > > Error: Can't open display: :0.0 > > > > I gues

Re: Magic cookies and running programs under X as root

2001-01-28 Thread A+B Frank
Terry Carney wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > > Error: Can't open display: :0.0 > > > > I guess tonight I finally want to get around to figuring out how to

Re: Magic cookies and running programs under X as root

2001-01-28 Thread Terry Carney
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Christopher R. Barry wrote: > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Error: Can't open display: :0.0 > > I guess tonight I finally want to get around to figuring out how to stop this > from happening. What do

Re: Magic cookies and running programs under X as root

2001-01-27 Thread mike polniak
Christopher R. Barry wrote: > For many years, whenever I have tried to run a program under X as root I get > a message like: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Error: Can't open display: :0.0 There was a t

Re: Magic cookies and running programs under X as root

2001-01-27 Thread David B . Harris
To quote "Christopher R. Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # I guess tonight I finally want to get around to figuring out how to stop this # from happening. What do I do so I can run programs as root? There are two solutions, that I know of. 'xhost' changes the access controls for the $DISPLAY under whi

Magic cookies and running programs under X as root

2001-01-27 Thread Christopher R. Barry
For many years, whenever I have tried to run a program under X as root I get a message like: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Error: Can't open display: :0.0 I guess tonight I finally want to get around to figuring out how to s

Magic cookies and running programs under X as root

2001-01-27 Thread Christopher R. Barry
For many years, whenever I have tried to run a program under X as root I get a message like: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Error: Can't open display: :0.0 I guess tonight I finally want to get around to figuring out how to s