Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 20:15:02 +0200 (CEST) From: "Haavard J. Vaagstoel" <havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no> To: Michael Sierchio <Michael.Sierchio@Sun.COM> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X-Server Access Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402201254.1360B-100000@skygge.myst.no> In-Reply-To: <3523CC8E.F0C4D1E9@Sun.COM>
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On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Michael Sierchio wrote: >> Is there anything I can do to prevent other users logged onto my system >> from running X programs on my x display? Mind you, I'm talking about >> *local* users; not users on other networks (xhost takes care of them, I >> assume). > >since your display is owned by you, you'll still need to grant access >by > > xhost localhost > xhost <hostname> Yes, xhost would prevent users from other hosts, but I'm looking for something that can restrict access for other users on *this* host. My apologies if I was a little unclear in my last message. Oh, well. Perhaps xauth can be a solution. -- Haavard Vaagstoel <havardjv@gudmund.vgs.no> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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