Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 21:15:22 +0300 From: "A. Rakukin" <rakukin@mail.ru> To: "Alexander Leidinger" <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[4]: X authorization Message-ID: <E12RfYo-000KAk-00@f2.mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <200002261524.QAA02773@Magelan.Leidinger.net>
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Hello!
Yes, $HOME is shared... I guessed that it is the reason after a while... :)
Thank you anyway!
Yours,
Alexey
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To: rakukin@mail.ru
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:24:13 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Re: Re[2]: X authorization
> On 26 Feb, A. Rakukin wrote:
>
> [CC striped]
>
> > sshd is not running on the host which has been accessed...
> > I am aware of the X-connections forwarding ability of ssh,
> > but it is not the case...
>
> [...]
>
> > I know that xhost is insecure. But it worked earlier!
> > And now I have a situation as follows: I merely start X (via xdm) on host A,
> > no windows/commands there, then go to host B,
> > type `export DISPLAY=A:0; xterm' and see xterm window
> > opened on the display of A! Then test `xhost' on A and see no hosts allowed...
>
> Is your ${HOME} shared between those hosts?
>
> What does "xauth list" print (don't post it here, look at it carefully
> by yourself)?
>
> Bye,
> Alexander.
>
> --
> Sarcasm is just one of the many services we offer.
>
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