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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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