My default value for $DISPLAY is
:0.0
rather than
unix:0.0
Perhaps this accounts for it? I don't have a clue, I must admit, what
xbobo is. Are you running this on the local machine in fact? What if
you change DISPLAY to :0.0?
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>
> Hi. I've been looking around for the answer to this little problem and
> haven't fount it, so if this has been answered before just point me to
> the link, ok? that's good :)
>
> Have you tried to start xkobo on MDK7.0? it won't let you. The error
> message is
>
> Xlib: connection to "unix:0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> xlwin: can't open display
>
> Yes, i know that doing a "xhost +localhost" makes it work, but the
> Remote-X-Apps HOWTO mentions that xhost is vulnerable to ip-address
> spoofing and similars, and mixing the xauth authentication model with
> xhost is not a good idea IMHO (kinda defeats the purpose).
>
> And the X forwarding of openssh suffers from that too: if i connect to
> each other as root, i can forward connections, but not as user.
>
> So, what shall i do about this?
>
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