Re: [Fwd: [expert] MandrakeUpdate as normal user]

[Pixel]

Rickard �berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> It's not the mirror, it's the same for both users...
> This is what the output say when I run it as a user:
> 
> failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> Password: 
> Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmain.c: line 533 (gtk_main_quit): assertion
> `main_loops != NULL' failed.
> Password: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> 

don't you have a ~/.Xauthority file?

in gsu, there is:

  setenv("XAUTHORITY", strconcat(getenv("HOME"), "/.Xauthority"), 0);