Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] X programs as root
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:02:25
Message-Id: 201009222101.30194.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] X programs as root by Andrey Vul
1 On Wednesday 22 September 2010, Andrey Vul wrote:
2 > When I launch X programs via sudo, I get the following:
3 >
4 > $sudo gui-admin
5 > No protocol specified
6 > gui-admin: cannot connect to X server :0
7 >
8 > ( Assume gui-admin is an X program )
9 >
10 > But (gk|kde)su(do)? works. This is somewhat confusing.
11 >
12 >
13 > --
14 > Andrey "m05hbear" Vul
15
16 a) pam
17 b) sux