On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, ottffss wrote:
> I am running Linux Mandrake 6.1 on a home built PC. I just upgraded
> from linux-mandrake 6.0 (where I did NOT have the problem I am about to
> describe.) I boot to run level 5 (I edited /etc/innitab to do this).
>
> Here's my problem: When I log in as myself and them bring up a console
> window and su to root I get the following message when I try to run any
> X app:
It's not a bug, it's a feature: This is for security, to prevent other
users from popping up windows on your system.
(i.e. telnet your.computer, login, export DISPLAY=:0.0, while true; do
xclock &; done).
To turn it off, do xhost +localhost before su'ing.
LLaP
bero
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