Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:04:58 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Jonathan Fosburgh <fosburgh@flash.net> Cc: Sam Xie <sam@samxie.cl.msu.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gvim can't run in root Message-ID: <20000616150458.P18462@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <032001bfd7be$d02b7410$ca406f8f@mdacc.tmc.edu>; from fosburgh@flash.net on Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 01:15:11PM -0500 References: <20000616133017.A59097@samxie.cl.msu.edu> <032001bfd7be$d02b7410$ca406f8f@mdacc.tmc.edu>
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* Jonathan Fosburgh <fosburgh@flash.net> [000616 11:16] wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sam Xie" <sam@samxie.cl.msu.edu> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 12:30 PM > Subject: gvim can't run in root > > > > Hello! All > > After installed vim5 on my FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT system, I can use it as > regular user. > > If I su to root to use gvim, an error messages said, > > "Xlib: connection to "unix:0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > > Xlib: connection to "unix:0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server" > > Please help me to get rid of it! > > Many Thanks! > > Sam > As the regular user type something like xhost + or xhost +localhost Telling someone to do that without explaining the problem that it has isn't the right thing to do. You should use xauth (man xauth) because using 'xhost +' allows _anyone_ on the internet to access your X server, xhost +localhost allows any user on the machine to do so. xhost is bad. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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