I have ubuntu + x11 + gnome.
I want to run a graphical application as another user.
However, when I start it from the command line using sudo -u otheruser app I get the error "No protocol specified".
How can I work arround this?
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You probably need to tell your X server to accept connections from another user than the one owning the server instance (you). Look into the xhost command.
unwind
2009-07-14 08:42:22
I believe you still need to use xhost to allow local connections from any user.
codeape
2009-07-15 08:16:32
man xdg-su: xdg-su is for use inside a desktop session only.
Robert Munteanu
2009-07-15 08:46:14
Tried this on my Ubuntu desktop, it did not work (same error msg. as in question).
codeape
2009-07-15 08:14:35