Hi Gurus,

I'm try to install a program (from a .sh file) using my console.
I su into root...
I go to the dir where it is...
I type sh (the name of the executable).sh... like I have for this program in other distros
But I get an error saying:

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 key (failed key comparison)

Setup requires an X display to run. There is a display variable set, however
you have no permissions to access the X server (:0.0) it points to.

So I tried su -
Nothing.

I tried joining to the group root
Nothing.

I logged out, and logged in as as root and did the proper steps
...ahhh, that worked!
But even a novice knows being root in a GUI is not the the best practice.

I just started to use this Novell Linux Desktop (beta)... which from what I understand its basically SuSE9.2

I've ran this .sh file on various SuSE, RedHat, and Mandrake distros and it installed as easy as when I switched into "root".
Does anyone have the answer, or an idea?
Your help is warmly appreciated!

Hi,

Open a shell with users permissions and type the following:
xhost +localhost
it will enable all local users to open/run X app.
then do your stuff with the root user and when it's finished, type as user:
xhost -
man xhost for more info...
Note that technique is not the most secure but the easiest

Oliv'