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Operating Systems AIX Cannot open xwindows/xterm as a root Post 302965327 by system.engineer on Wednesday 27th of January 2016 10:44:38 AM
Old 01-27-2016
Thanks for the reply vbe.

echo $DISPLAY

did not write anything. But, if you directly login using root. It automatically set DISPLAY to

localhost:12.0


I did tried after setting up DISPALY for root,
Code:
[user@aixlpar]/home/user>su - root
root's Password:
[root@aixlpar]/>bash
[root@aixlpar]/>echo $DISPLAY

[root@aixlpar]/>export DISPLAY=localhost:17.0
[root@aixlpar]/>echo $DISPLAY
localhost:17.0
[root@aixlpar]/>xclock
Error: Can't open display: localhost:17.0
[root@aixlpar]/>

---------- Post updated at 10:30 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:28 AM ----------

@agent.kgb,

Thanks for the reply. I've tried using user and as a root. please see above post. still its an issue.

---------- Post updated at 10:44 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:30 AM ----------

difference is here,

as user
[user@aixlpar]/home/user>echo $DISPLAY
localhost:10.0


as root
[root@aixlpar]/>echo $DISPLAY
 

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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE

dsenableroot

dsenableroot(8) 					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					   dsenableroot(8)

NAME

     dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.

SYNOPSIS

     dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]

DESCRIPTION

     dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account.  Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
     account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.

     A list of flags and their descriptions:

     -u username
	      Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.

     -p password
	      Password to use in conjunction with the specified username.  If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.

     -r rootPassword
	      Password to be used for the root account.  If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.

EXAMPLES

     -dsenableroot
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
	      account.

     -dsenableroot -d
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account.

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