=========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre@xxxxxxx Laboratoire interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 DIJON Cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)380395988 =========================================================================== > > On a machine I can ssh -X and run xclock for example, but > > sudo system-config-users > > gives > > > > (process:5034): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:59:07.212: Locale not supported by C > > library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. > > X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. > > system-config-users requires a currently running X server. > > GtkWarning: 'could not open display' > > > > > > Is there a solution? > > 1. system-config-users already has it's own method to elevate privilege, so > no need for sudo When logged: $ system-config-users Error executing command as another user: Not authorized $ sudo system-config-users X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. system-config-users requires a currently running X server. GtkWarning: 'could not open display' > 2. ssh root@host system-config-users ssh pdupre@192.168.14.154 system-config-users Error executing command as another user: Not authorized This incident has been reported. ssh -X pdupre@192.168.14.154 system-config-users pdupre@192.168.14.154's password: Error executing command as another user: Not authorized This incident has been reported ssh -X root@192.168.14.154 system-config-users as for a root password. There is no root. Do I need to create a root user? > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx