On 6 March 2017 at 14:20, Martin Bříza <mbriza@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 06 Mar 2017 11:13:59 +0100, Joachim Backes > <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> seeing coincidentally that some X11 applications with sudo under >> GNOME/Wayland will fail: >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> For example: >> >> 1. sudo xterm >> No protocol specified >> Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root >> user. >> The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted >> in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the >> program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. >> xterm: Xt error: Can't open display: %s >> >> 2. sudo gnome-terminal >> No protocol specified >> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused >> Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display: >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Running the same under Gnome/Xorg executes properly. >> >> Anybody sees this too? >> >> Kind regards >> >> Joachim Backes > > > It's not possible to run wayland clients as root. > Exactly; and for more details have a look at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274451 -- Ahmad Samir _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
