Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:37:37 -0800 (PST) From: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to run GUI under root in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <588148.21737.qm@web57004.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200801100700.35961.freebsd08@dfwlp.com>
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--- Jonathan Horne <freebsd08@dfwlp.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 10 January 2008 06:52:38 am Unga wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I want to run ddd debugger under root.
> >
> > I ran following before become root:
> > xhost localhost
> >
> > Under root:
> > echo $DISPLAY
> >
> > :0.0
> >
> > When I run ddd:
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> > Error: Can't open display: :0.0
> >
> > What else I should do in FreeBSD? I'm running
> > 7.0-PRERELEASE on i386 with KDE 3.5.8.
> >
> > Appreciate very much a reply.
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Unga
>
> im not sure if its the best or correct way, but i
> was able to run an app (not
> ddd, i dont have that on my system) as root by doing
> this:
>
> (as my user)
> xhost +
>
> (then su - up to root)
> xcalc -display :0
>
> nothing else to it. also, you might take a look at
> the man for xhost to see
> how to narrow down the access, because the '+' only
> gives you a nice
> little "you are now wide open for connections"
> message.
>
Thanks, yep, after the "access control disabled" I can
run ddd as root. Anyway, I'll read the xhost man page
and lets see what others got to say too. Take care.
Regards
Unga
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