* David Stanaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20021110 14:19]: > On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 11:42, Joseph Pingenot wrote: > > xhost is for working with connections coming over tcp. :0.0 uses > > a named socket (/tmp/Xsomething), and Debian's X servers don't listen > > in on a tcp socket by default (security. No chance of someone sniffing > > your password if nobody can connect remotely!). Thus, xhost won't work. > > > > Try.. > xhost + 'local:*'
not much better. this way, you 'only' give local users access to your X-session to open (transparent, event catching, screenshoting) windows and the like, not the hole world .. Count -- Andreas Kotes - ICQ: 3741366 - The views expressed herein are (only) mine. Unser Leben ist das, wozu unser Denken es macht. -- OpenPGP key 0x8F94C228 Our Life is what our thinking makes it.. Your mind is a weapon! Load it ..