[Sunhelp] Admintool

[Will Mc Donald]

Have you tried comparing the results of...

echo $DISPLAY

... done as a normal user with the results of the same done as root? You
might find that $DISPLAY is being set to something else in one of root's
shell startup config files or something? Just a thought, I'm new to this
game.

Will Mc Donald.

----- Original Message -----
From: Howard Hurst <howard.hurst at unitedadvertising.co.uk>
To: Sunhelp <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 11:30 AM
Subject: [Sunhelp] Admintool


> I'm trying to add a new printer on a Sparc Ultra 5.
>
> However, when I try to start admintool as root (after I've su'd to it from
a
> normal user) I get an error:
>
> "Error: Can't open display:"
>
> I can display admintool as a normal user - but (as is the norm) don't have
> permissions to to anything.
>
> Any clues as to what's causing this? I'm guessing it's something to do
with
> the display variable (for user root) but don't really know where to begin.
>
> I've tried searching the SunSolve website but haven't managed to come up
> with anything yet....
>
> I'd appreciate some help!
>
> Howard.
>