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[Powell, Michael]

> > It beats me why one would go through all the effort of extraordinary
> > measures so they can run as root, rather than just run as a user, and
> > use the system in a straight-forward manner.
> >
> 
> Because I don't like to spend time to issue sudo or su - command everytime I
> need it.
> It's more hard for me to convert my environment to a normal user.

What does it matter? He already knows running as root is not a secure use method, but debating such was not his question and isn't helping.

Try the following: export DISPLAY = :0.0
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/16815/what-does-display-0-0-actually-mean