Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:11:25 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: xdm xhosts authorization confusing me Message-ID: <37E0EC7D.F9C9B5F5@confusion.net>
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When I use X, I often will su to root in an xterm and then spawn
something like emacs. This always used to work running "startx" to
access xwindows. Now, using xdm, I get the following error
stuyman@cartman:/home/stuyman {1} su
Password:
cartman# emacs
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0.
Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.
Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
connections from your machine.
Looking at man xhost(1) it makes some reference under files to
"/etc/X*.hosts" but a) that's not the actual name of the file is it?
I've never seen a file with an asterisk in the name. b)what goes in this
file? I can't find anything even resembling that filename in /etc other
than the Xfree config file. I can "xhost +local" at an xterm prompt,
but I'd like to be able to have that done every time I'm in X. I could
put it in .xsession but I'd like it to effect all users, not just one.
Should the line just be tossed into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession ?
Or is there a correct way to do this?
Sorry If I'm just looking in the wrong place. Help!
--
Laurence Berland
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