Re: [expert] kppp prevents other X apps from opening

[Stephen F. Bosch]

John Aldrich wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 08 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > Possibly.
> > If you are using a higher security level and you have ALL:ALL:DENY in
> > your /etc/hosts.deny file then you may want to alter it to ALL:ALL
> > except localhost:DENY.
> >
> I'm 99.9999% sure it's the "autoconfigure hostname from this IP" bug in KPPP.
> Unchecking that box will solve this problem 99.999999999% of the time.

It solves the *symptom*, but there's a reason that function was put into
kppp to begin with, namely to allow IP applications relying on reverse
lookup to function properly.

I would like to set up my X so that it allows connections from the
localhost, no matter what it's called.

-Stephen-