Re: Can't open window as root

[Steve Borho <steve borho myip org>]

On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 02:41:47PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> In a terminal window, I've su'd to root, exported by DISPLAY variable, but
> I still get the following error:
> 
> 	Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> 	Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server

in another X term (running as the same user that started X), run
xhost +localhost

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