Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:35:01 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xdm xhosts authorization confusing me Message-ID: <64092.937488901@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:11:25 -0400." <37E0EC7D.F9C9B5F5@confusion.net>
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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:11:25 -0400, Laurence Berland wrote: > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server This is because xdm provides the user who logs in with a cookie which must be available later when clients try to display to your X server. An easy work-around is to provide root with a symlink to your user's .Xauthority file as follows: # cd /root # ln -s /home/username/.Xauthority Obviously, you would substitute for ``username'' whatever username you use to log in to XDM. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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