Andreas Bernauer wrote: > Ashley Pritchard wrote on Sun, Jun 24 2007 at 20:59 (-0700): >> I dissabled seLinux & thistime refused to >> download & install any updates to seLinux but yet again I am not able to run >> the package updater or any other program that requires root access from my >> user account. I am entering the password correctly & am able to login as >> root in the terminal but when I type the command 'pup' for the package >> updater I get the following: >> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server >> Xlib: No protocol specified > > This looks like 'root' is not allowed to connect to the X-server, > because someone else (the regular user) is using it currently. > > Logged in as the regular, does 'xhost +localhost' in an xterm resolve > that problem? > > Alternatively, using 'kdesu pup' may help, but I've never tried it. > > Andreas. > > Access to the X server is controlled by a "magic cookie". If you change to root in an xterm using su or su -, root is given a copy of this "magic cookie". (There will be a file created in /root called .xauth<something>.) This gives root access to the X server. If you log in at the cli, without having changed to root in an x term, root will not have a copy of the current cookie. Also, this "magic cookie" is generated each time a user logs in using the gui, or starts X from the cli. Each X secession has its own "magic cookie". You can see what file contains the "magic cookie" by running "echo $XAUTHORITY". This is a security feature. You can man xauth for more details. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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