malebolgia Veteran Posted November 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 9, 2004 When I'm using my Linux box at work I enter Xnest :1 -query hostname -geometry 800x600 in a Linux terminal to X login to another Linux machine on the network. Will this same command work with the same effects in OS X? When I tried it I got this error: _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root Fatal server error: Unable to open display "". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezza Veteran Posted November 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 9, 2004 well, try setting the owner of /tmp/.X11-unix to root ;) chown root.root /tmp/.X11-unix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malebolgia Veteran Posted November 9, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted November 9, 2004 well, try setting the owner of /tmp/.X11-unix to root ;)chown root.root /tmp/.X11-unix 584889747[/snapback] When I try that command I get: chown: separation of user and group with a period is deprecated chown: root: Invalid argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezza Veteran Posted November 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 9, 2004 So OSX doesn't have a root user then? maybe you could create one just to get this working. Oh, and try using a colon instead of a period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekore Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 try just setting the owner to root using the following: chown root /tmp/.X11-unix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malebolgia Veteran Posted November 9, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted November 9, 2004 That got rid of the file permissions line, but the other two lines remain. Fatal server error: Unable to open display "". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacedog Posted November 9, 2004 Share Posted November 9, 2004 So OSX doesn't have a root user then? maybe you could create one just to get this working. Oh, and try using a colon instead of a period. 584890061[/snapback] In Mac OS X, root is disabled by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malebolgia Veteran Posted November 10, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted November 10, 2004 In Mac OS X, root is disabled by default. 584892574[/snapback] How do I enable root? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacedog Posted November 10, 2004 Share Posted November 10, 2004 Quick and simple explanation: here (hope this help). (EDIT: I think you can skip directly to the 'Addendum' at the bottom of the page: Start NetInfo Manager, and from the top menu bar pull down the "Security" item and select "Enable root user".) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 That got rid of the file permissions line, but the other two lines remain. Fatal server error: Unable to open display "". 584891718[/snapback] Are you sure that you have X11 installed on your Mac? It's not installed by default. That might be the problem. Also, you might need to manually start it before running that command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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