No protocol specified

[root@localhost girish]# xclock        --- this works fine
[root@localhost girish]# su - girish
[girish@localhost ~]$ DISPLAY=:0.0; export DISPLAY
[girish@localhost ~]$ xclock
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

Error: Can't open display: :0.0
[girish@localhost ~]$

==>

export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0

xhost + 127.0.0.1