su - and X windows display solution.

[Jonathan Simms]

I did some research on google and found this to be the best answer:

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$ su -
# xauth merge ~cis192/.Xauthority
# export DISPLAY=:0.0
# vmare-toolbox # example X command
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*EDIT* You might want to put this in the .bashrc file for root.

That worked for me.

This also works:
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$ sudo vmware-toolbox
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