Re: X11 connection rejected

[Patrick Dupre]

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 Patrick DUPRÉ                                 | | email: [e-mail]
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> > On a machine I can ssh -X and run xclock for example, but
> >  sudo system-config-users
> > gives
> >
> > (process:5034): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:59:07.212: Locale not supported by C
> > library. Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> > X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
> > system-config-users requires a currently running X server.
> > GtkWarning: 'could not open display'
> >
> > Is there a solution?
> system-config-users already has it's own method to elevate privilege, so
>
> no need for sudo

When logged:
$ system-config-users 
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

$ sudo system-config-users 
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
system-config-users requires a currently running X server.
GtkWarning: 'could not open display'
> ssh root@host system-config-users

ssh pdupre@192.168.14.154 system-config-users
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
This incident has been reported.

ssh -X pdupre@192.168.14.154 system-config-users
pdupre@192.168.14.154's password: 
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
This incident has been reported

ssh -X root@192.168.14.154 system-config-users
as for a root password.
There is no root.
Do I need to create a root user?
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