James Oakley wrote:
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On February 27, 2001 07:11 pm, you wrote:
Jerry Kreps wrote:
jerry@JLKreps:~ > su Password: root@JLKreps:/home/jerry > kpackage bash: kpackage: command not found root@JLKreps:/home/jerry > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key kpackage: cannot connect to X server :0 root@JLKreps:/home/jerry >
What isn't broke in 7.1? JLK
After all is said and done, we all now know how to run programs as root while being logged as a user. But the one your trying there will barf on you even so. It's a kde2 thing. The dcopserver will be spitting at you. Try to open an rpm file in a directory other than home. If you use the kde1 version it will work. Kde2 has many changes. Don't know if kde2.1 has this quirk fixed. As far as your error message above, it's been that way since my first, Suse6.1, when trying to run an X prgm as root while being logged in as user.
You're right. I forgot that it wouldn't connect to the dcopserver...
For kde apps, you can use:
kdesu
That will prompt you for a password, and run that program connected to your dcopserver. I only use it for KDE programs, though as I use sux everytime I normally need root. (I often end up having to run Ethereal at some point...)
Thats another one I didn't know about. Thanks. It works too. Mark Hounschell