Hi Andrew, as I know too little about xhost and security issues to really comment on your comment, I have posted the matter on comp.lang.tcl. Let us see what comes out of that.
Regards, Arjen > > Just to comment further, this issue has been around with Ubuntu (maybe also > Debian?) for a while. It is not a security issue. The default ubuntu setup > has xhost +SI:localuser:<username>, where username is the user logged on. > This allows the local user to display on the server - in particular it means > that x programs started via sudo will correctly display. You can disable > this, but then things like the package manager which need to run as root > won't work. I don't think this particular use of xhost is a security issue, > but tk is not that discriminating. The best course is probably to file a > bug against the tk package in Ubuntu. By default you would expect it to > work... The best solution would be a patch to tcl / tk to allow the localuser > case. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
