thank you Mike Chambers for the suggestion.
Since when did the su command change it has always been su root & have never seen any documentation says su - root. Any how just to try it here is the result:
[awp@localhost ~]$ su - root
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# pup
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 31, in <module>
import gtk
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 76, in <module>
_init()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-
2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 64, in _init
_gtk.init_check()
RuntimeError: could not open display
[root@localhost ~]# kdesu pup
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified
kdesu: cannot connect to X server :0.0
[awp@localhost root]$ su root
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# pup
Xlib: connection to ":
0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 31, in <module>
import gtk
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-
2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 76, in <module>
_init()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 64, in _init
_gtk.init_check()
RuntimeError: could not open display
the result is the same. you do not have to enter su - root to login as root, just su root is good enough.
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Diolch yn fawr, Ashley
