You would need to do this... ssh -X -l root localhost The -X lets you exectute X programs as root :) * cryptopia (cryptopia@subdimension.com) [020502 20:42]: ::On Thursday 02 May 2002 11:34 pm, AnonymousCoward wrote: ::> hydra:~ # cd /opt/kde3/bin ::> hydra:/opt/kde3/bin # ./konqueror ::> konqueror: cannot connect to X server ::> hydra:/opt/kde3/bin # :: ::Sorry. Secure shelling worked for me on my Suse 8.0 system. Perhaps it is some ::other setting that I'm unaware of. :: ::-- ::To unsubscribe, email: suse-kde-unsubscribe@suse.com ::For additional commands, email: suse-kde-help@suse.com ::Please do not cross-post to suse-linux-e :: -=Ben --=====-----=====-- mailto:ben@whack.org --=====-- If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. -GC --=====-----=====--