It might be related to the .Xauthority file pointed to the XAUTHORITY environment variable. kdesu, for example, and other su programs in most linux platforms at least, automatically modify the env var to point to the right place. Basically, an Xlib application needs to read that file 's contents to submit the MIT cookie to the server in order to authenticate. If they cannot, they of course cannot connect to the servr as well. for post-connection security controls,m check the SECURITY extension. El mar, 28-12-2004 a las 07:52 -0500, Jack Dodds escribiÃ: > Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > > >There is currently no safe way I know about to have gksudo do the magic > >for X authentication for users other than root. > > > For me, gksu does this ok but gksudo does not. > > I wonder how gksu is doing it? > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list -- Manuel Amador <rudd-o@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Amauta _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
