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Date:      Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:37:06 -0500
From:      Eric Ekong <eric@unixtechs.org>
To:        Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Eric Ekong <eric@unixtechs.org>
Subject:   Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Message-ID:  <20060209203706.GB80521@blackguy>
In-Reply-To: <20060209203133.64525.qmail@web60017.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20060209201839.GO32776@blackguy> <20060209203133.64525.qmail@web60017.mail.yahoo.com>

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check /etc/ssh/sshd_config

there is a line that says

grep Root /etc/ssh/sshd_config                                      ~
PermitRootLogin no

change that

grep Root /etc/ssh/sshd_config                                      ~
PermitRootLogin yes
* Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> [060209 15:31]:
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:31:33 -0500 (EST)
> From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>
> To: Eric Ekong <eric@unixtechs.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> 
> 
> --- Eric Ekong <eric@unixtechs.org> wrote:
> 
> > try ssh -X -C -l root localhost as the normal user of X
> > then run the program
> > 
> > Eric
> > * Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> [060209 15:00]:
> > > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:00:54 -0500 (EST)
> > > From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>
> > > To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> > > Subject: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> > > 
> > > Hello, I am running FreeBSD 5.4 with the Fluxbox window manager.  I
> > have
> > > installed a MySQL GUI but I cannot run it as root:
> > > 
> > > (mysql-administrator-bin:814): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> > > 
> > > I logged in locally as a non-privileged user (who can open the
> > program)
> > > and su'd to root.  I then set my DISPLAY variable:
> > > 
> > > # DISPLAY=LOCALHOST:0.0
> > > 
> > > Here are the programs (mysql-administrator calls
> > mysql-administrator-bin):
> > > 
> > > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   546B Feb  8 03:10
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/mysql-administrator
> > > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   2.3M Feb  8 03:10
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/mysql-administrator-bin
> > > 
> > > What should I do?
> 
> I tried the X11 forwarding but my password for root is not being accepted.
> 
> 
> 	
> 
> 	
> 		
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