From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 16 7:31:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp5.mindspring.com (smtp5.mindspring.com [207.69.200.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B8C14E70 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:31:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stuyman@confusion.net) Received: from confusion.net (user-2iveai7.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.42.71]) by smtp5.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA21681; Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:31:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <37E0FF0D.76B9028@confusion.net> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:30:37 -0400 From: Laurence Berland Organization: B.R.A.T.T. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm xhosts authorization confusing me References: <65118.937491779@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG No, hadn't tried it, does it persist from session to session? Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:18:01 -0400, Laurence Berland wrote: > > > I can "xhost +local" at an xterm prompt > > should read > > I can "xhost +local:" at an xterm prompt > > Sorry for the mixup > > Have you tried: > > xhost +localhost > > ? > > The reason I didn't suggest this is that it allows local users logged > into the X display server to snuffle around in your X session, > potentially reading your keystrokes. > > Ciao, > Sheldon. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 The above email Copyright (C) 1999 Laurence Berland All rights reserved To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message