On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:18:32 +0530 Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 Jul 2008, Shamail Tayyab wrote: > > Navjot Kukreja wrote: > > > Hi > > > I'm logged into a machine from SSH and want to send a message to > > > the user who is using it locally on GUI on display :0. i tried > > > xmessage but i couldnt make it send messages to another display. > > > Does anyone know a way? -Navjot Kukreja > > > > Give xhost + > > as root, or as the user logged in on Display :0 > > Then from the ssh terminal, use xmessage. It'll work. > > Argh, please don't suggest such blatant violations of security on a > mailing list! xhost + will just open up the system for exploits, > viruses and trojans. [...] Yup. At best, this could be a "xhost +localhost", but even that depends on how much you trust your users. Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
