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Being member of sudo is not enough. You have to prefix commands with sudo as well.<br />
like<br />
sudo vncconfig &amp;<br />
Second if it doesn't recognize the command, use full path of the command.
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Being member of sudo is not enough. You have to prefix commands with sudo as well.
like
sudo vncconfig &
Second if it doesn't recognize the command, use full path of the command.

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that worked immediately , thanks much
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Hi , <br />
user is member of sudoers but getting an error when trying to use Xwindow application<br />
<br />
xlib: connection to 7.0 refused by Server<br />
Xlib : no protocol specified<br />
error : cant open display : 7.0<br />
-bash-3.2$ vncconfig &amp;<br />
[1] 841<br />
xlib: no protocol specified<br />
<br />
<br />
any ideas ?
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Hi , 
user is member of sudoers but getting an error when trying to use Xwindow application

xlib: connection to 7.0 refused by Server
Xlib : no protocol specified
error : cant open display : 7.0
-bash-3.2$ vncconfig &
[1] 841
xlib: no protocol specified


any ideas ?

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