Running GUI app in Cron

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  1. In ~/.profile add these 2 lines:
    1. xhost +local:
    2. xhost
  2. Add env DISPLAY=:0 before cron command
    00 06 * * * env DISPLAY=:0 gui_appname

To run cron as root or anacron, add this to ~/.bashrc

xhost local:mpromber > /dev/null
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