Re: Which security setting in Arch prevents forwarding X apps when su root?

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2009/10/8 David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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.
>
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[lukas@red_dragon local]$ xhost +local:root
non-network local connections being added to access control list
[lukas@red_dragon local]$ su
Password:
[root@red_dragon local]# gui_app


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