Nmap Development: Re: zenmap as root error

[eldraco <eldraco () gmail com>]

Hi list, 

Aaron, did you remember to execute 'xhost +' as a normal user before trying 
zenmap as root?

This is what it means "refused by server" in your error.

If I don't allow other users to connect to my X as a normal user, even root 
can't connect.

For me this is how is happening now:

1- 
#zenmap
Segmentation Fault

2- 
# export DISPLAY=:0
# zenmap
(...)
Segmentation Fault

3- 
$ xhost +
# export DISPLAY=:0
#zenmap

it works......


Cheers.

sebas







El Friday 11 April 2008 05:17:03 Diman Todorov escribió:
> On Apr 10, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Aaron Leininger wrote:
> > I apologize for the delay in getting back to you all on this, my
> > day job has been overwhelming lately.
> >
> > I tried your suggestion with the following result:
> > nonroot$ sudo su -
> > myrootprompt# export DISPLAY=:0
> > myrootprompt# zenmap
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> > Segmentation fault
> >
> > I did some digging on this error in google and I found a response
> > suggesting the error stems from trying to run something in an x-
> > session that is owned by another user.
> >
> > I opened a root-shell directly and ran zenmap again
> > myrootprompt# zenmap
> > With the result that it opened normally.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me why I am seeing this behavior? Why does zenmap
> > segmentation fault out if I open a normal shell and run: sudo
> > zenmap but if I open a root shell, it launches fine. This seems odd
> > to me.
> it is odd :) It is definitely a bug. Maybe the GSoCers will get
> around to fixing that.
>
> cheers,
> diman
>
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