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[ale] I'd like to be able to run X programs from root
- Subject: [ale] I'd like to be able to run X programs from root
- From: ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com (Jim Lynch)
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:43:17 -0500
I can ssh -Y to a remote Ubuntu system, sudo -s, perform some
commands including running X programs like gvim. It also used to work
in Centos 5, however with Centos 6 and Fedora 14 it complains.
E233: cannot open displayX11 connection rejected because of wrong
authentication
echo $DISPLAY tells me the variable is set OK.
localhost:10.0
I'm logging in via ssh from a Ubuntu system to Fedora (for
instance). As a normal user I can display X programs fine, but when I
sudo it doesn't work.
My Centos 5 system does but my Centos 6 and Fedora systems don't.
I'm sure it's some sort of security restriction but is there a way to
make it work?
Google wasn't much help or I didn't know how to phrase the question.
Wonder if Evi would help?
Thanks,
Jim.