CentOS - Dec 2013 - nautilus

while  # sudo nautilus

i get this :

root at static-16 aditya]# sudo nautilus
No protocol specified
Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:
[root at static-16 aditya]#

please resolve.

Also what does the "static-16" denote?


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-Aditya Mamidwar

2013/12/28 aditya mamidwar <aditya.mamidwar at gmail.com>
> while  # sudo nautilus
>
> i get this :
>
> root at static-16 aditya]# sudo nautilus
> No protocol specified
> Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:
> [root at static-16 aditya]#
>
> please resolve.
>
> Also what does the "static-16" denote?
>
static-16 is hostname of your computer. you need to use command like gksudo
nautilus or kdesu nautilus, because of X access control.

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On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 20:19:21 +0530
aditya mamidwar wrote:
> root at static-16 aditya]# sudo nautilus
> No protocol specified
> Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/06/xhost-cannot-open-display/
> Also what does the "static-16" denote?
Hostname of your server up to the first .  You can see, set or change that with
the $PS1 variable.

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