On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:32 AM, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Listmates, > > Which setting in Arch prevents forwarding apps when you ssh -X in an Arch box, > su and then try to start a kde app, etc.? X forwarding works just fine as a > user, but when trying it su'ed to root, I get the following error: > > [23:29 archangel:/etc] # kwrite > X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. > kwrite: cannot connect to X server localhost:10.0 > > kdm config? X config? Any pointers/links would be appreciated. > You don't need to use su. Instead, use tools like kdesu or gksu to use X apps as root: $ kdesu kwrite
