sudo command fails in ubuntu 17.10 with keyError

Question

I upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10. Now when I run

sudo gedit

I get the error

Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyError: Can't open display: :0

How to fix it?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 21 '17 at 13:11

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Run:

xhost local:user1

(Replace user1 with your username.)

edited Oct 21 '17 at 13:11

Eliah Kagan

answered Oct 21 '17 at 08:37

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