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Date:      Sat, 15 Feb 2003 20:53:56 +0100
From:      Dennis <4real@home.nl>
To:        "Paul A. Mayer" <paul@fnug.net>
Cc:        kitsune <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Running X program under different user
Message-ID:  <3E4E9AD4.1020902@home.nl>
In-Reply-To: <3E4E90F1.4010406@fnug.net>
References:  <3E4E7786.2010809@home.nl> <20030215070149.7b96478d.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> <3E4E82C1.9020108@home.nl> <3E4E90F1.4010406@fnug.net>

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Paul A. Mayer wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Did you try to call:
>
> xhost +localhost
>
> before your su command?
>
> Looks like your X session is not letting your other user access your 
> display.
>
> $.02, hope it helps.
>
> /Paul
>
> Dennis wrote:
>
>> kitsune wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 18:23:18 +0100
>>> Dennis <4real@home.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm a former kde user, using Windowmaker now....
>>>>
>>>> And in the past i always used  RUN in kde, to startup my favourite 
>>>> irc client...
>>>>
>>>> RUN had several options to execute programs under a different user 
>>>> etc, which comes in handy when using IRC...
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> if that run thing was a command that can be done then it can still 
>>> be used under windowmaker...
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>> But now i need to use SU i think to accomplish this, but it doesnt 
>>>> work :(
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> wierd it works here...
>>> su <username> -c <command>
>>>
>>> example...
>>> su kitsune -c scilab
>>> this will su user kitsune and then run scilab
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know which command i can use to execute an X program 
>>>> under a different user?
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> this will work too...
>>> ssh 127.0.0.1 -X -l <username>
>>> the -X turns on X forwarding
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>> when i try su [user] -c xchat, i get this error:
>>
>> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>> Xlib: No protocol specified
>>
>>
>> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
>>
>> RUN in kde was a kde-specific command...i think it was in the KDE Panel
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
Thanx for ur replies...

Tried the xhost command, but i get the exact error message afterwards...
So i guess something else causes the problem..



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