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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>


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