[ILUG] XEmacs....acting up a bit....

[John P . Looney]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 03:04:45PM -0000, Michael Treacy mentioned:
> When logged in as a bog-standard user, I can run XEmacs no problem. However, 
> when I do SU to become root, and try to run XEmacs, I get the following:

 Root's not allowed display. Simple answer: "xhost localhost" will allow
anyone to connect locally. 

 Anyone want to give a few quick lines on "xauth" ?

Kate

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