Well I had tried all of this, except simply xhost +,
as it turns out that is the only thing that works so
I'll go with it. Security isn't an issue for me at the
moment so that isn't a problem. I got the same error
with xhost +localhost and xhost root errored out.
Thanks,
Carson
--- Bryan-TheBS-Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org> wrote:
> Carson Wilcox wrote:
> > When I su to root and run xrpm I get the following
> > errors:
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to
> Server
>
> Answer:
> Have the X-Windows user logged in run:
> "xhost root" or
> "xhost localhost"
>
> For more info:
> "man 1 xhost"
>
> Discussion:
>
> The above error is your X-Server enforcing security.
> You see,
> X-Windows is a true, network-enabled, display
> environment running
> atop of your true, network-enabled, multiuser OS.
> You don't want
> other people launching applications on your desktop.
>
> Some distributions automatically allow root access
> to any local
> X-Display. Others allow anyone on the local system.
> Some, notably
> Caldera, allow anything anywhere (with "xhost +"),
> which is a huge
> security issue.
>
> If you have two UNIX systems, try the following out:
>
> System 1: "mycomp1"
> "xhost +"
>
> System 2: "mycomp2"
> "export DISPLAY=mycomp1:0.0"
> "xrpm" (or any other X-Windows program)
>
> Note where the window went. This is *NOT* the same
> as merely
> running an application whose files sit on a file
> server, but you are
> running the program completely on one system, and
> only pumping the
> display, and associated input, from another.
>
> Citrix has brought some of this capability to
> Windows with WinFrame,
> and Microsoft has repackaged it in NT Terminal
> Server.
> Unfortunately, it is not quite as extensive as
> X-Windows'
> capabilities (although for low-speed lines,
> X-Windows could learn a
> thing or two) -- especially when it comes to 3-D.
> OpenGL can be
> remotely displayed using GLX (OpenGL X-Windows).
> There is nothing
> like a back-end Linux cluster doing complex
> calculations and
> displaying to a single GLX front-end. ;-PPP
>
> -- TheBS
>
> --
> Bryan "TheBS" Smith mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org
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