> | described in the environment variable DISPLAY, which is 0.0. the
> | command "xhost +" gives this permission. note however that this
> | also enables any machine to write to your X display. security gurus
> | treat this as a big no-no.
>
> doing a "xhost +[username]" or "xhost +[hostname]" is more
> limiting.
Is there a way to make this the default? It's kinda wierd since I never had to
do this before. Is there any way my system could have disabled kppp's access to
the X host? The program still prompts me for the root password.
God bless!
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