xhost +localhost doesn't work

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selwyn · Post by **selwyn** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 1:31 pm

I tried to use an graphical program out off a "su shell" , more precisely:

$xhost +localhost
$su
pass:****
#xxdiff /etc/make.conf /etc/._cfg0000_make.conf
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

xxdiff: cannot connect to X server :0.0

This System hast been setup from the scratch a week ago, so it presumably never worked.
Where could I find logging about what is happening on the serverside?

/var/log/XFree86.0.log says only:
AUDIT: Mon Oct 20 15:38:07 2003: 1169 X: client 21 rejected from local host

I do not know where to read more and I don't want to tinker around with both eyes shout.

PS.:localhost is in /etc/hosts and I've tried the real hostname, 127.0.0.1 and it's real IP-Addr also. All of them with the same result.

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 1:38 pm

xhost +local:

selwyn · Post by **selwyn** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:12 pm

$ xhost +local
xhost: bad hostname "local"

thanx anyway

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:44 pm

read my post again. there's a ":". That's important

Ignignokt · Post by **Ignignokt** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:47 pm

Try to su with a '-'

ie:

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$su -

That will set up your environment correctly.

selwyn · Post by **selwyn** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:09 pm

Thanks to both of you,
both solutions worked individually.

But I think I should read a bit how-to`s concerning x-servers.

Uranus · Post by **Uranus** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 5:11 pm

you can do "xhost +", but that'll also allow everyone, not just localhost