Fwd: Problem with window program under root

[Riggi]

On 8/25/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
>
> Riggi wrote:
> >>
> >
> >     Nope - you need to use the correct file generated by the running X
> >     secession. Note, this is taken care of automaticly for you when you
> >     run "su -" in a terminal in the running X secession. It is also
> >     taken care of by ssh when you used ssh -Y to connect to a remote box
> >     from an xterm on your machine. Where you run into problems is when
> >     you log in at the cli as root, and then try and run a program that
> >     requires an X display, or when you ssh to another machine without X
> >     forwarding enabled.
> >
> >     Oh yes, chances are, the correct cookie file is in the /tmp
> >     directory somewhere.
> >
> >     Mikkel
> >
> > I can't find that...is any other solution? Or can anybody send me his
> > file or something...
> >
> Sending you my file would be like sending you my password - it would
> not do you any good on your system. Think of it this way - the
> cookie file is a key that unlocks a specific lock. Trying to use a
> key that is for a different lock is not going to work. What make
> this key even harder to copy is that a new key and lock are used
> every time you start the X server. (You start a new X server when
> you do a local GUI login, or run startx.)
>
> As far as the name of the cookie file, it depends on the display
> Manager being used. On my system, using GDM, the current file is
> /etc/.gdm679ZWT but it will be different after I log out. The user
> currently logged into the GUI can find it by running
> "echo $XAUTHORITY" in an xterm.
>
> Now, as Tim has said, if you tell us what you are trying to do, we
> can probably tell you how to do it. Or you can try to figure out the
> xauth man page...
>
> Mikkel
> --
>
>
...I just tipe "su -" and then pirut, gconf-editor, gnome-terminall... every
wndow program writes same mistake...

also is with tipping "su"
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