0005985: Su problems - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0005985	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2020-01-09 16:25	2020-01-10 07:50

Reporter	machinexa	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2019.4

Summary	0005985: Su problems
Description	I cant open any irc client (Tried Xchat and Hexchat) It says xchat:26016): Gtk-WARNING **: 10:19:43.065: cannot open display: It says similar to hexchat
Steps To Reproduce	Open terminal Create two user root and normal like root@kali-linux: normal@kali-linux: Run IRC client from root its restriced(as security issue) And logout and run IRC client by logging out and logging in normal user. It works fine but i dont want to logout everytime so i use su for other apps So #problem starts fro here type this in terminal `su - normal hexchat Gives error Try xchat Gives error` plz solve it
Attached Files	image.png (191,650 bytes) image.png (191,650 bytes)

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-01-09 16:25	machinexa	New Issue
2020-01-09 16:25	machinexa	File Added: image.png
2020-01-10 07:50	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2020-01-10 07:50	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2020-01-10 07:50	rhertzog	Resolution	open => no change required
2020-01-10 07:50	rhertzog	Note Added: 0011858

rhertzog 2020-01-10 07:50 administrator ~0011858	The way to solve this is the opposite. Use a normal user session, and run your root commands with "sudo".