[Novalug] X clients while sudo'ing?

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Mark Smith wrote:
> if i sudo to another user and then try to run an X client, it fails
> with:
>
> 	No protocol specified
> 	xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
>
> i'm thinking i can avoid this with some smart usage of xauth, but
> it's not obvious to me what that smart usage should be.  anyone
> have a quick answer for me?
>
>   
I do the command I want on the same line as the sudo command, such as

sudo root nmapfe

This works for me in both Debian and Ubuntu.

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