Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: kdesudo
Running an LTSP server on Kubuntu 8.04 i can't run any X applications as root
(or as any other user) from a client using kdesudo
All apps terminate with X Connection error
Using sudo works fine (even for some X Apps)
This fails:
$ kdesudo kate
kate: cannot connect to X server localhost:11.0
$ kdesudo -u foobar kate
kate: cannot connect to X server localhost:11.0
$ kdesudo synaptic
(synaptic:31719): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:11.0
This works:
$ sudo synaptic
da1l6
** Affects: kdesudo (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Hardy / LTSP / kdesudo : Can't run X Apps as root/other user using kdesudo
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239234
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