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Re: [SLE] Konq & Launching Progs as Root
- From: Tor Sigurdsson <tosi@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:01:03 +0000
- Message-id: <200204301501.06720.tosi@xxxxxxxx>
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In Konsole use "sux" instead of "su" or "kdesu". It adds your cookie to
roots cookiejar ( ~/.Xauthority )
AnonymousCoward (þriðjudagur 30. apríl 2002 14:51)
> .
> I can't seem to get subscribed to the kde list (never get confirm), so I'll
> ask here.
>
> Running Suse8 with all current updates. It has always been my practice to
> run as a user, and to invoke Konq & Konsole in superuser mode when I need
> them thus.
>
> But with Suse8 I can no longer (as a user) launch X-based programs from
> these windows. Logged in as root I can, but not when as a user and
> launching from these programs. For instance in Konq I cannot
> right-click|OpenWith|Advanced Editor a file: "KDEInit could not launch
> 'kwrite'".
> And from the su konsole # konqueror and I get:
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0
>
> In user konsole $ kdesu konqueror yields nothing.
>
> This looks alot like a security issue. Maybe the X server is intentionally
> disabled from accepting root commands from a user. Or maybe it's one
> missing setup step. Anyone know the answer?
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In Konsole use "sux" instead of "su" or "kdesu". It adds your cookie to
roots cookiejar ( ~/.Xauthority )
AnonymousCoward (þriðjudagur 30. apríl 2002 14:51)
> .
> I can't seem to get subscribed to the kde list (never get confirm), so I'll
> ask here.
>
> Running Suse8 with all current updates. It has always been my practice to
> run as a user, and to invoke Konq & Konsole in superuser mode when I need
> them thus.
>
> But with Suse8 I can no longer (as a user) launch X-based programs from
> these windows. Logged in as root I can, but not when as a user and
> launching from these programs. For instance in Konq I cannot
> right-click|OpenWith|Advanced Editor a file: "KDEInit could not launch
> 'kwrite'".
> And from the su konsole # konqueror and I get:
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0
>
> In user konsole $ kdesu konqueror yields nothing.
>
> This looks alot like a security issue. Maybe the X server is intentionally
> disabled from accepting root commands from a user. Or maybe it's one
> missing setup step. Anyone know the answer?
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