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Date:      Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:29:05 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <mekanix@privat.dk>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Opening root-windows on userX' display.
Message-ID:  <15229.28801.77231.325740@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <126043900@toto.iv>

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Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <mekanix@privat.dk> types:
> On Friday 17 August 2001 17:42, Daniel Frazier wrote:
> > ummm, open up an xterm and su to root?
> And then what? Still doesn't allow me to open eg. kconfig:
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: DCOP: unregister 'anonymous-1484'Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key

Make sure the environment XAUTHORITY variable is set when you're
working as root.

	<mike
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