[NTLUG:Discuss] linuxconf

[MadHat]

before when I have had this problem, I run

xhost + `hostname`

before I su to root.  This sets up xhost to allow connections from
anyone on the local host.  I think there are better and more secure ways
of doing this, but I can't remembr right now.


On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 11:32, Patrick Parks wrote:
> Hi all, I am running Redhat 7.2 and for some reason can not su to root
> and run linuxconf. the response I get is below:
> 
> [root at Vaio pparks]# /sbin/linuxconf
> Error message from remadmin :Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by
> server
> Error message from remadmin :Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect
> to ServerError message from remadmin :
> Error message from remadmin :Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
> 
> I seem to remember being able to su to root and running linuxconf before
> I upgraded to 7.2. Is there some place I need to enable this, or am I
> totally wrong? Thanks for any input.
> 
> 
> 
> Patrick Parks
> 
> 
> 
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