On 2009-11-16 20:29-0500 David A. Ventimiglia wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Thanks for the reply. I'm sorry, but I don't really understand X > Windows security or the lack thereof, so I'll have to spend some time > grokking this xhost business. :) In any event, it sounds like what > you're saying is that this error is not a problem with Tcl, Tk, or > PLplot, but rather a legitimate security hole that is either uncommon or > doesn't exist at all on other Linux distros, but evidently does exist in > Ubuntu Karmic Koala (at least, it does on my machine...I wonder what > would happen if I'd done a clean install instead of an upgrade from > Jaunty Jaguar). Is that correct? In that case, I suppose my queries > should be redirected at the Ubuntu maintainers. :)
Yes, and yes. :-) Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general
