There is an application I need to run as root on my Linode server, but it
has to run in a gui.
I have ssh and X11 forwarding set up between my Ubuntu 14.04 system and my
Linode (swordfish). It works just great for a non-root user (xcalc,
xconsole, the application I need to run, etc). However, when I try to run
the application on the server as root, I get the error message "X11
connection rejected because of wrong authentication." For xcalc running as
root, I get
X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
Error: Can't open display: swordfish:10.0
I have tried all sorts of google solutions - copying the user's .Xauthority
to /root/ (also changing the ownership and permissions). But I just can't
seem to log into swordfish as a normal user using ssh -X, su to root, and
get the X11 forwarding to work.
I also went so far as to install vnc4server on the Linode, xfce window
manager, and vnc4viewer on my Ubuntu machine. That all works when I access
the vnc server as a normal user, but I can't get any X11 apps to run as
root (ie from a root command line in a terminal in the vnc window). The
error message when I try to run xcalc or other X11 apps is "No protocol
specified. Can't open display :1".
What are the special Linux guru magical incantations/spells to make X11
forwarding work for root?
Thanks!
Mark
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