xhost
 

can someone explain xhost to me? this is what happens when i type in xhost

gh-1057:/home/invasian # xhost
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

xhost: unable to open display ":0"

and when i try to find out about xhost (using man -k xhost)...
gh-1057:/home/invasian # man -k xhost
xhost: nothing appropriate.

do i have xhost command or not? if not, how do i get it?

i'm still confused as to whether or not i have that command...i understand what it's purpose is for, but it does not seem like i have that command...but that does not make sense, since it seems that that command is part of linux...

If you didn't have it the error message would be

xhost: command not found

not
Your error message means that a) you're either not
running X at all or b) trying to start xhost as another
user than the one who started that particular xsession.


Cheers,
Tink