Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 17:04:24 +0200 From: "Robert T.G. Tan" <rotan@cs.pdx.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Sean Broestl <broestls@holly.ColoState.EDU> Subject: Re: su in X Message-ID: <20010428170424.B13728@cs.pdx.edu> In-Reply-To: <200104271524.f3RFO6c29944@ptavv.es.net>; from oberman@es.net on Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:24:06AM -0700 References: <Pine.A41.4.10.10104270823320.170444-100000@holly.ColoState.EDU> <200104271524.f3RFO6c29944@ptavv.es.net>
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How does wrapper work? Can't find any docs for that. I ran it (Xwrapper) and it replaced my X link, resulting in: Fatal server! no screens found. so i put my X link back to the original driver, leaving me at this question. rotan. Kevin Oberman(oberman@es.net)@2001.04.27 08:24:06 +0000: > > Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:24:37 -0600 (MDT) > > From: Sean Broestl <broestls@holly.ColoState.EDU> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > switch back to your normal account, and type "xhost + localhost". That > > should be all you need. > > Please, DON'T do this. xhosts is a mammoth security hole that should > never have escaped from the labs of the mad scientists in Cambridge, > Mass. It allows anyone who has access to a system to monitor every > keystroke you enter. > > Use xwrappers (from the ports) or use xauthority. (It will usually > work to use 'setenv XAUTHORITY ~login-username/.Xauthority'.) > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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