From owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Thu May 10 20:09:33 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1CD7FD561A for ; Thu, 10 May 2018 20:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cmt@burggraben.net) Received: from smtp.burggraben.net (smtp.burggraben.net [IPv6:2a01:4f8:140:50a2::3:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "ns.exwg.net", Issuer "Christoph Moench-Tegeder" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 64C207306F for ; Thu, 10 May 2018 20:09:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cmt@burggraben.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.burggraben.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B8516002EE for ; Thu, 10 May 2018 22:09:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Scanned: by amavisd-new at exwg.net Received: from smtp.burggraben.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ns.burggraben.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Q7h+1FZewyt3 for ; Thu, 10 May 2018 22:09:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from elch.exwg.net (elch.exwg.net [IPv6:2001:470:7120:1:127b:44ff:fe4f:148d]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "elch.exwg.net", Issuer "Christoph Moench-Tegeder" (verified OK)) by smtp.burggraben.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Thu, 10 May 2018 22:09:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: by elch.exwg.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B9B9D27304; Thu, 10 May 2018 22:09:22 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 22:09:22 +0200 From: Christoph Moench-Tegeder To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ssh -X remote does not work due to problem with xauth Message-ID: <20180510200922.GD38033@elch.exwg.net> References: <20180510182928.GA3747@c720-r314251> <20180510192510.GA38033@elch.exwg.net> <20180510194701.GB38033@elch.exwg.net> <466cd23b-344a-8d8a-d936-3ac38edff4a8@daemonic.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <466cd23b-344a-8d8a-d936-3ac38edff4a8@daemonic.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.5 (2018-04-13) X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 20:09:34 -0000 ## Niclas Zeising (zeising+freebsd@daemonic.se): > > Well, now that I thought about it: most Linux distributions build their > > X server with "--enable-xcsecurity" in the configure flags. FreeBSD > > does not set that flag, as far as I can see. Next question: why? > > > > Hi! > It could be because of backwards compatibility, or, because at least I > wasn't really aware of that flag. I'd say "everyone else uses that flag, so we should, too". And that flag isn't really new, e.g. Redhat re-enabled it in 2013: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1620 > Is it for xserver or some other package? That would be x11-servers/xorg-server, yes. > If you have time, please try it out and see what happens. Usually you > can add it to CONFIGURE_ARGS= in the ports makefile and recompile the > port. I'm occupied elsewhere currently, but if I remember I'll look > into it as well. I'll try that tomorrow or saturday. Regards, Christoph -- Spare Space