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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: X11 connection rejected
From:       "Patrick Dupre" <pdupre () gmx ! com>
Date:       2020-02-07 11:02:12
Message-ID: trinity-023268ee-802b-4ed7-ba60-b4086fea248b-1581073332098 () 3c-app-mailcom-bs14
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 Patrick DUPRÉ                                 | | email: pdupre@gmx.com
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> > On a machine I can ssh -X and run xclock for example, but
> >  sudo system-config-users
> > gives
> > 
> > (process:5034): Gtk-WARNING **: 14:59:07.212: Locale not supported by C
> > library. Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> > X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
> > system-config-users requires a currently running X server.
> > GtkWarning: 'could not open display'
> > 
> > 
> > Is there a solution?
> 
> 1.  system-config-users already has it's own method to elevate privilege, so 
> no need for sudo
When logged:
$ system-config-users 
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

$ sudo system-config-users 
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
system-config-users requires a currently running X server.
GtkWarning: 'could not open display'


> 2.  ssh root@host system-config-users
ssh pdupre@192.168.14.154 system-config-users
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
This incident has been reported.

ssh -X pdupre@192.168.14.154 system-config-users
pdupre@192.168.14.154's password: 
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized
This incident has been reported

ssh -X root@192.168.14.154 system-config-users
as for a root password.
There is no root.
Do I need to create a root user?


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