From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 22 14:53:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA16734 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:53:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mistery.mcafee.com (jimd@mistery.mcafee.com [192.187.128.69]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA16725 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:53:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jimd@localhost) by mistery.mcafee.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA31122; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:18:11 -0700 From: Jim Dennis Message-Id: <199604222318.QAA31122@mistery.mcafee.com> Subject: Re: xhost To: khetan@iafrica.com (Khetan Gajjar) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Cc: lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Khetan Gajjar" at Apr 22, 96 09:13:25 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Lenzi, Sergio wrote: > > > put the command "xhost +" in the startup script of xdm > > (/usr/x11R6/lib/X11/xdm/X_setup_0) > > Thanks. Done it! > --- > Khetan Sorry to barge into the middle of this -- but ... if that machine is connected with anyone you don't trust (for _high_ values of "trust") I'd suggest you undo it. You should use 'xhost +' for each host that you "trust." 'xhost +' is a wildcard -- allowing anyone on the net to access your X server (display server). This allows anyone to put windows on your display, and read keyboard and mouse events from your session. Jim Dennis, System Administrator, McAfee Associates