solved (was: Re: ssh -X for synaptic on KDE computer)

Eberhard Roloff tuxebi at gmx.de
Tue Apr 21 15:08:53 UTC 2009


Nils Kassube wrote:
> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
>> This is what I did:
>> ssh -X user at desktop
>>
>> works ok!
>>
>> then:
>> sudo synaptic
>> X11 connection rejected becuase of wrong authentication
>> /synaptic:18117): Gtk-Warning **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0
> 
> Did you try "gksu synaptic" or "gksudo synaptic"?
> 
>> the same happens when I try to do
>> kdesu synaptic
> 
> Doesn't work since Hardy: 
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdesudo/+bug/208461>
> 
Nils,
thanks much for your instant help!

gksu and gksudo both work!

Eberhard





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