Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:09:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com> To: Chris Huisman <chuisman@telusplanet.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Xlib connection Message-ID: <XFMail.20011015090955.conrads@home.com> In-Reply-To: <3BCA57DE.E801912E@telusplanet.net>
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On 15-Oct-2001 Chris Huisman wrote:
> Ok, I just changed the /etc/ttys file ttyv8 variable to on instead of
> off, now when I su to root and try to open up emacs I get the
> following error:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0.
> Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.
> Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
> connections from your machine.
>
> I don't know what's going on here. Before I modified /etc/ttys
> everything was find. I was able to su to root, and open up emacs no
> problem.
It's just a security measure to prevent anyone from hijacking your X
session.
I use a little hack in my .bashrc for root:
if [ $TERM = xterm-color ]
then
cp ~conrads/.Xauthority /root
fi
I know there are more "correct" ways to do this, but this works for me.
--
Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>
Sorry, no fortune this time.
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