[Novalug] X clients while sudo'ing?

Mark Smith mark@winksmith.com
Tue Oct 20 18:58:08 EDT 2009


if i sudo to another user and then try to run an X client, it fails
with:

	No protocol specified
	xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0

i'm thinking i can avoid this with some smart usage of xauth, but
it's not obvious to me what that smart usage should be.  anyone
have a quick answer for me?

-- 
Mark Smith
mark@winksmith.com
mark@tux.org



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