Re: [Plug] no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable

[Morgan Wajda-Levie <mpwl@locke.ccil.org>]

On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 02:27:47PM -0700, Aaron Brown wrote:
> Hmmm it keeps saying that Client is not authorized to connect to server.
> How is root not  authorized to connect to the local X server?  And what
> files do I look in and/or edit to make this work.  
> 

Typing xhost +localhost (as the user who started X) should work.  I
have this problem on my box.  I know that it is very strange to have
root not be allowed to use X.  :)

I'm sure there's a file to make this permanent, but I never found it.
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