Hi ian, ianseeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 Jul 2005 16:34, itlistuser@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > If you do a Google search for this string, you'll find lots of answers. > > here's one http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/331779 > well I have done, but none of these hints google gave me solved my problem. but as i found out it seems to be a problem with xorg and not with kde communication, i shall go to another list, asking there... despite you know how i can solve the access problem in a secure and easy to use way, any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. when i change the permissions of /root/.xauth... file so that the user can access it, everything works, but i do not think this is a good and intended way. sre@re001:~/Documents/procedures> ssh -X re003 Enter passphrase for key '/home/sre/.ssh/id_rsa': Last login: Thu Jul 7 08:05:34 2005 from re001.intern Have a lot of fun... /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: creating new authority file /home/sre/.Xauthority re003 being added to access control list sre@re003:~> sux Password: re003:/home/sre # echo $DISPLAY localhost:10.0 re003:/home/sre # xauth list re003/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 54e0f3180be6f0f911cb086b4b6a56b8 re003:/home/sre # sux fjr re003 /home/sre> xauth list xauth: timeout in locking authority file /root/.xauthhtc3CH re003 /home/sre> xauth add re003/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 54e0f3180be6f0f911cb086b4b6a56b8 xauth: timeout in locking authority file /root/.xauthhtc3CH kind regards sebastian -- Sebastian Reitenbach Tel.: ++49-(0)3381-8904-305 RapidEye AG Fax: ++49-(0)3381-8904-101 Friedrich-Franz-Str. 19 e-mail:reitenbach@xxxxxxxxxxx D-14770 Brandenburg web:http://www.rapideye.de We are currently looking for Software developers, System engineers and managers to join us: http://www.rapideye.de/Join/join_frames_aussen.htm ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.