<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > Hi All, > > I used to su gedit all the time to make any changes to files that > required me to be root. I used to get this warning also > > (gedit:3880): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: > Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols > specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. > > but it would still work. Now it stopped working. Gedit just freezes. I > have done many things since last use, so I would not have a clue how > to fix this. I am using Fedora6 64bit. Any suggestions would be > greatly appreciated (exept for , "use vi"). > > Many Thanks, > > George Hare Just change your command line a bit. sudo gedit <a href="http://file.name">file.name</a> You are dealing with permissions to open windows on your X windows display. The root account does not, and should not, have permissions to open a window on your display. sudo is your friend. Logs of super user activity can be priceless. :) </blockquote></div>Thanks Phil, Worked like a charm. Could you tell me if I should set my SELinux Security Level at Permissive,Enforcing or Disabled? This is just a toy home box on which I play, break fix and hopefully learn,. I run my own iptables, but never got to know much about internal security. I figured that if my iptables are in good order, I should not need much for internal security. At worst, I have to re-install. Many Thanks, George Hare