From: Tony Williams 

Randall Parker wrote:
> Tony Williams wrote:
>> Randall Parker wrote:
>
>>> But gedit does open okay and works when I get that warning.

I have a vague memory that it'll run, but not have root privileges unless
you sort out the xauth business.

>> I've seen that happen too and I'm trying to remember how I got it to
>> shut up. [google, google, ah I remember now] It's the .Xauthority file
>> which isn't set up for root. You should be able to fix it by either
>> copying your own .Xauthority file to root:
>>
>> (as root)# cp ~randall/.Xauthority ~
>>
>> Strictly speaking you should run:
>>
>> (as root)# xauth merge ~randall/.Xauthority
>
> My own account has .Xauthority.
[...]
> But the root account does not:
>
> So should I do the xauth method?

I'd try the copy first - no need to get fancier than what it takes to do the job.

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Tony

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