[Wayland-bugs] [Bug 772875] [wayland] can't run application as root using sudo

[gtk+ (GNOME Bugzilla)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772875

--- Comment #7 from thebunnyrules <mo.mashi69 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Matthias Clasen from comment #1)
> Not a bug, per se. Running graphical applications as root in this way is not
> the recommended way to go about things.
> 
> If you insist,
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$PID gedit
> will work as root

Hello Matthias, this doesn't seem to work under Wayland, it gives the following
error:


Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not connect:
Connection refused

(gedit:2228): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0


I'm guessing that's due to Wayland's security restrictions.

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