connection to ":0.0" refused by server

[David Bristel]

The reason this works under Redhat is that an su in redhat does NOT change your
UID the way it is supposed to.  It is never a good idea to allow other people to
open up apps on YOUR desktop, as this can lead to any number of
problems(including security).  Because of this, Debian will ONLY allow the owner
of the X session(and root) to open an X11 based app.  

							Dave Bristel

And yes, that failure of Redhat to change the UID is yet another reason why I
refer to Redhat as RedHATE.  


On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Alan DuBoff wrote:

> Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:07:37 -0700
> From: Alan DuBoff <maestro@SoftOrchestra.com>
> To: BAD Boys and Girls <bad@kitenet.net>
> Subject: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> 
> When I su to another user on the system (inside a terminal), I get the
> following error when trying to run an X app:
> 
> ----
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> 
> Initialization error: X server not responding
> : ":0.0"
> ----
> 
> I can do this on Red Hat, but not Debian.
> 
> How can I change this setting for Xlib?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Alan DuBoff
> Software Orchestration, Inc.
>