Point taken - I am lazy on isolated machines when mounting attack by su on
the localhost myself.

I appreciate the 109% valid comment, stil it feels little bit like in
primary school - not offering solution - letting me to come back and write
one.

So - For better safety, if needed to use xhost. Use it as:
xhost +localhost

For added safety, do:
xhost -localhost
when done..!

-Tomas

On Fri, Sep 4, 2020, 17:45 Tom <tgrom.autom...@nuegia.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:53:47 -0700
> tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I still use X, so I use:
> > su
> > command &
> >
> > when it does not work, usualy duoing: xhost +
> > before: su
> > works ....
> >
> > Tomas
> >
> Tomas, Using xhost + is a very bad idea. It's opening up your graphical
> session for anybody on the net to commander, no authentication
> required.
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