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Date:      Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:33:55 -0400
From:      Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com>
To:        Gustavo V G C Rios <kernel@tdnet.com.br>
Cc:        "Withrow, Robert (W.) [BAY:BL60:430]" <bwithrow@BayNetworks.COM>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xdm and FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE 
Message-ID:  <200004132133.RAA36413@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from Gustavo V G C Rios <kernel@tdnet.com.br>  of "Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:31:09 -0000." <38F6045D.82CB96A7@tdnet.com.br> 

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kernel@tdnet.com.br said:
:- What do you think? You should be aware of the problems it may cause. 

Well, since you ask... ;-)

I suggest that instead, you do this which was suggested on Hackers,
rather than disable authorization...:

*** xdm-config.orig     Thu Apr 13 16:37:35 2000
--- xdm-config  Thu Apr 13 16:37:52 2000
***************
*** 10,16 ****
--- 10,18 ----
  ! X terminals will be configured that way, so by default
  ! use authorization only for local displays :0, :1, etc.
  DisplayManager._0.authorize:  true
+ DisplayManager._0.authName: MIT-MAGIC_COOKIE-1
  DisplayManager._1.authorize:  true
+ DisplayManager._1.authName: MIT-MAGIC_COOKIE-1
  ! The following three resources set up display :0 as the console.
  DisplayManager._0.setup:      /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
  DisplayManager._0.startup:    /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/GiveConsole

-- 
Robert Withrow -- (+1 978 288 8256)
BWithrow@BayNetworks.com



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